amercement

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Sullivan says that both plaintiff's and defendants were liable to amercement.

From Essay on the Trial By Jury by Spooner, Lysander

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 Reilly, S. A.

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

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

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

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