Definition of Amerce. Meaning of Amerce. Synonyms of Amerce

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Definition of Amerce

Amerce
Amerce A*merce", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Amerced; p. pr. & vb. n. Amercing.] [OF. amercier, fr. a merci at the mercy of, liable to a punishment. See Mercy.] 1. To punish by a pecuniary penalty, the amount of which is not fixed by law, but left to the discretion of the court; as, the amerced the criminal in the sum on the hundred dollars. Note: The penalty of fine may be expressed without a preposition, or it may be introduced by in, with, or of. 2. To punish, in general; to mulct. Millions of spirits for his fault amerced Of Heaven. --Milton. Shall by him be amerced with penance due. --Spenser.

Meaning of Amerce from wikipedia

- peers. The noun "amercement" lately derives from the verb to amerce, thus: the king amerces his subject, who offended some law. The term is of Anglo-Norman...
- at the court was a feudal duty, and those who failed to appear could be amerced, i.e. arbitrarily fined. After 1267 however, generally only a manor's unfree...
- should be fined appropriately. Any Sheriff violating this section was to be amerced greatly, and the prisoner also punished. It was repealed by the Statute...
- state-of-the-art performance when using dynamic time warping as a distance measure. Amerced Dynamic Time Warping (ADTW) is a variant of DTW designed to better control...
- (Old Fr. embuscher) amelioration amenable amend amendment amends amenity amerce amethyst ami amiable amity ammonite ammunition, from munition amnesty, compare...
- for Cirencester probably began with the grant of 1189, when they were amerced for a false presentment, meaning that they had presented false information...
- p****ed in November 2003. This act makes it possible for the government to amerce or to seize property without due process, and the Civil Forfeiture Office...
- early as in England's 1215 Magna Carta which reads that: "no one shall be 'amerced' (fined) to the extent that they are deprived of their means of living...
- (Amercement of freemen and others) c. 14 How Men of all Sorts shall be amerced, and by whom. — repealed by Criminal Law Act 1967 (Making of bridges) c...
- land, etc.). c. 25 Dwellers in marches (border areas with Irish enemy) be amerced (punished or fined) reasonably. c. 26 Imprisonment without indictment and...