amercement

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This was disallowed by ordinance on pain of amercement, and bakers were admonished, in lieu of such payments, to increase the size of the loaf "to the profit of the public."

From The Customs of Old England by Snell, F. J. (Frederick John)

There were special privileges surrounding tenancies of these lands, such as freedom from tolls and duties, exemption from danegeld and amercement, from sitting on juries, &c.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 10 "David, St" to "Demidov" by Various

Afterwards Eadmer came and withdrew himself, and submitted to an amercement of one mark.Pledges,

From Our Legal Heritage June 2011 (Sixth) Edition by Reilly, S. A.

She desired still to bequeath it to Pierre, not only because of her great kindness for him, but as a sort of self-imposed amercement upon her house for the death of his father.

From The Golden Dog by Kirby, William

Sullivan says that both plaintiffs and defendants were liable to amercement.

From An Essay on the Trial by Jury by Spooner, Lysander