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Hasil cari dari kata atau frase: amercement (0.01895 detik)
Found 2 items, similar to amercement.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: amercement
amercement
n : money extracted as a penalty [syn:
fine,
mulct]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Amercement
Amercement
\A*merce"ment\, n. [OF. amerciment.]
The infliction of a penalty at the discretion of the court;
also, a mulct or penalty thus imposed. It differs from a
fine, in that the latter is, or was originally, a fixed and
certain sum prescribed by statute for an offense; but an
amercement is arbitrary. Hence, the act or practice of
affeering. [See
Affeer.] --Blackstone.
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Note: This word, in old books, is written
amerciament.
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Amercement royal, a penalty imposed on an officer for a
misdemeanor in his office. --Jacobs.
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