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Synonyms for amercement


Grammar : Noun
Spell : uh-murs
Phonetic Transcription : əˈmɜrs



Définition 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
Example sentences :
  • 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

Antonyms for amercement

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