amercement

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Afterwards Eadmer came and withdrew himself, and submitted to an amercement of one mark.

From Our Legal Heritage : 600-1776 King Aethelbert - King George III by Reilly, S. A.

This was disallowed by ordinance on pain of amercement, and bakers were admonished, in lieu of such payments, to increase the size of the loaf "to the profit of the public."

From The Customs of Old England by Snell, F. J. (Frederick John)

Now therefore bring ye forth535 Helen with all her treasures, also bring Such large amercement as is meet, a sum To be remember'd in all future times.

From The Iliad of Homer Translated into English Blank Verse by William Cowper by Cowper, William

Yet here, too, the wardens did not escape indirect amercement, for absolution from interdiction or excommunication often meant a payment of various court fees, which in many cases were by no means light.

From The Elizabethan Parish in its Ecclesiastical and Financial Aspects by Ware, Sedley Lynch

Sullivan says that both plaintiff's and defendants were liable to amercement.

From Essay on the Trial By Jury by Spooner, Lysander