amercement
Example Sentences
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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 Spooner, Lysander
But it is by no means impossible that the court itself had to decide on the penalty or the amount of the amercement after first making the presentment as to the fact.
From Villainage in England Essays in English Mediaeval History by Vinogradoff, Paul
Yet here, too, the wardens did not escape indirect amercement, for absolution from interdiction or excommunication often meant a payment of various court fees, which in many cases were by no means light.
From The Elizabethan Parish in its Ecclesiastical and Financial Aspects by Ware, Sedley Lynch
The penalty of the breach of the Laws or Customes of this Land is at the pleasure of the Judg, either amercement, or imprisonment, or both.
Sullivan says that both plaintiffs and defendants were liable to amercement.
From An Essay on the Trial by Jury by Spooner, Lysander
