amercement
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The first statute of Westminster, passed sixty years after Magna Carta, treats the fine and amercement as synonymous, as follows.
From Essay on the Trial By Jury by Lysander Spooner
Afterwards Eadmer came and withdrew himself, and submitted to an amercement of one mark.
From Our Legal Heritage : 600-1776 King Aethelbert - King George III by S. A. Reilly
Similarly at Worcester the “tensures” shared with the citizens the right to the assistance of the afferors in cases of wrongful or excessive amercement.
From The Influence and Development of English Gilds As Illustrated by the History of the Craft Gilds of Shrewsbury by Francis Aiden Hibbert
Sullivan says that both plaintiffs and defendants were liable to amercement.
From An Essay on the Trial by Jury by Lysander Spooner
And in many other statutes passed after Magna Carta, the terms fine and amercement seem to be used indifferently, in prescribing the punishment for offences.
From An Essay on the Trial by Jury by Lysander Spooner
