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Amerce

verb

(past & past part. amerced; pres. part. amercing)

Punish with an arbitrary penalty.

Punish by a fine imposed arbitrarily by the discretion of the court.

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"Amerce" Quotes from Famous Books

... one shillinge for every time so taken, and itt shall be lawfull for the petty constabbles to distrane for the same for to be putt to the uses abovesaid [i.e. "to the use of the town"]. Wee present Nicholas Baker for smoakeinge in the street, and doe amerce him 1s." The same rule is repeated at courts held in the years 1696 and 1699, but no other fine is mentioned at any subsequent courts. The good folk at Methwold may have been adepts at petty tyranny, but such an absurd regulation must ...

— The Social History of Smoking • G. L. Apperson

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Words linked to "Amerce" : penalise, ticket, penalize, amerciable, punish, amercement, fine