amerce's Usage Examples:

The struggle of the townsmen to prove that Cirencester was a borough probably began in the same year, when they were amerced for a false presentment.

amerced for a small offense according to the measure of that offense.

When a person who was accused of any crime was not forthcoming, inquiry was made whether he was in frankpledge; if he were not, and had no right of exemption, the township was amerced, but if he were in a tithing,-then it was upon the tithing that the amercement fell.

The spirit of the Great Charter is not less discernible: excessive amercements, abuses of wardship, irregular demands for feudal aids, are forbidden in the same words or by amending enactments.

There were special privileges surrounding tenancies of these lands, such as freedom from tolls and duties, exemption from danegeld and amercement, from sitting on juries, 'c.

The parties quitclaimed all actions against each other, after which the defendant paid a fine of 40d for the amercement.

quitclaimed all actions against each other, after which the defendant paid a fine of 40d for the amercement.

Synonyms:

ticket, fine,

Antonyms:

inappropriateness, coarse, rough,