Amercement

Quick meaning: Amercement is a noun meaning (law) A non-statutory monetary penalty or forfeiture, usually applied at the discretion of a court.

Meaning

(law) A non-statutory monetary penalty or forfeiture, usually applied at the discretion of a court.

Example Sentences

29 March. The quhilk daye Thomas Garnes is fund in þe wrang and amerchiament of court, for þe violent ſchuting and towking of Dauid Fleming, officiar to the Cowparis, on frydaye laſt.

This channel at one point gave occasion for a moss-grown bridge whereon the curious might inform themselves by the authority of a weather-beaten sign that while the road powers of the county of Sussex claimed the bridge and all that appertained to it, they expressly disclaimed liability for any sort of accident or ill that might be experienced there, and in fact held you strictly responsible and answerable in amercement.

Word Forms

• amercements
• amerciament

Synonyms for amercement

Depending on context, synonyms include fine, mulct.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include mulct, fine, middlemost, amand, penalty, composition.

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