amercement

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A kind of expiation or amercement by fine, known to the Mosaic, Roman, and old English law.

From Colonel Starbottle's Client by Harte, Bret

And in many other statutes passed after Magna Carta, the terms fine and amercement seem to be used indifferently, in prescribing the punishment for offences.

From An Essay on the Trial by Jury by Spooner, Lysander

It differs from a fine,in that the latter is, or was originally, a fixed and certain sum prescribed by statue for an offense; but an amercement is arbitrary.

From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary by Webster, Noah

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)

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.