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| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : uh-murs |
| Phonetic Transcription : əˈmɜrs |
Definition of amercement
Origin :- 1215, earlier amercy, Anglo-French amercier "to fine," from merci "mercy, grace" (see mercy). The legal phrase estre a merci "to be at the mercy of" (a tribunal, etc.) was corrupted to estre amercié in an example of how a legalese adverbial phrase can become a verb (cf. abandon). The sense often was "to fine arbitrarily."
- Frans hom ne seit amerciez pour petit forfet. [Magna Charta]
- Related: Amercement; amerciable.
- noun fine
- Sullivan says that both plaintiffs and defendants were liable to amercement.
- Extract from : « An Essay on the Trial by Jury » by Lysander Spooner
- If any one happen to fall into my amercement he may be reasonably fined by my bailiff and the faithful burgesses of the court.
- Extract from : « Our Legal Heritage, 5th Ed. » by S. A. Reilly
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