- amercements
- n. fine; punishment, penalty
English contemporary dictionary. 2014.
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amercement — See amerceable. * * * ▪ English law in English law, an arbitrary financial penalty, formerly imposed on an offender by his peers or at the discretion of the court or the lord. Although the word has become practically synonymous with “fine,” … Universalium
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abishering — abishering, or abishersing /abishar(s)ir)/ Quit of amercements. It originally signified a forfeiture or amercement, and is more properly called mishering, mishersing, or miskering, according to certain writers. It has since been termed a liberty… … Black's law dictionary
abishersing — abishering, or abishersing /abishar(s)ir)/ Quit of amercements. It originally signified a forfeiture or amercement, and is more properly called mishering, mishersing, or miskering, according to certain writers. It has since been termed a liberty… … Black's law dictionary
estreat — /astriyt/ To take out a forfeited recognizance from the recordings of a court, and return it to the court to be prosecuted. n. (From Lat. extractum.) In English law, a copy or extract from the book of estreats, that is, the rolls of any court, in … Black's law dictionary
fledwite — /fledwat/ In old English law, a discharge or freedom from amercements where one, having been an outlawed fugitive, came to the place of our lord of his own accord. The liberty to hold court and take up the amercements for beating and striking.… … Black's law dictionary
abishering — abishering, or abishersing /abishar(s)ir)/ Quit of amercements. It originally signified a forfeiture or amercement, and is more properly called mishering, mishersing, or miskering, according to certain writers. It has since been termed a liberty… … Black's law dictionary
abishersing — abishering, or abishersing /abishar(s)ir)/ Quit of amercements. It originally signified a forfeiture or amercement, and is more properly called mishering, mishersing, or miskering, according to certain writers. It has since been termed a liberty… … Black's law dictionary
