Definition of Amerced. Meaning of Amerced. Synonyms of Amerced

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Definition of Amerced

Amerced
Amerce A*merce", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Amerced; p. pr. & vb. n. Amercing.] [OF. amercier, fr. a merci at the mercy of, liable to a punishment. See Mercy.] 1. To punish by a pecuniary penalty, the amount of which is not fixed by law, but left to the discretion of the court; as, the amerced the criminal in the sum on the hundred dollars. Note: The penalty of fine may be expressed without a preposition, or it may be introduced by in, with, or of. 2. To punish, in general; to mulct. Millions of spirits for his fault amerced Of Heaven. --Milton. Shall by him be amerced with penance due. --Spenser.

Meaning of Amerced from wikipedia

- shall not be amerced for a trivial offence except in accordance with the degree of the offence, and for a grave offence he shall be amerced in accordance...
- state-of-the-art performance when using dynamic time warping as a distance measure. Amerced Dynamic Time Warping (ADTW) is a variant of DTW designed to better control...
- at the court was a feudal duty, and those who failed to appear could be amerced, i.e. arbitrarily fined. After 1267 however, generally only a manor's unfree...
- for Cirencester probably began with the grant of 1189, when they were amerced for a false presentment, meaning that they had presented false information...
- fines and ransom made, and also the amercements of all them that shall be amerced before the said justices, in alleviation of the said towns as before is...
- early as in England's 1215 Magna Carta which reads that: "no one shall be 'amerced' (fined) to the extent that they are deprived of their means of living...
- essoin in any court. Chapter 24 removed the ability of Justices of Eyre to amerce townships for failure of twelve year olds to appear before sheriffs and...
- Church was consecrated by bishop Ægelric between 1042 and 1056. Marske was amerced 20 marks for its part in the pillaging of a Norwegian vessel in 1180. Marske...
- (Amercement of freemen and others) c. 14 How Men of all Sorts shall be amerced, and by whom. — repealed by Criminal Law Act 1967 (c. 58) (Making of bridges)...
- p****ed in November 2003. This act makes it possible for the government to amerce or to seize property without due process, and the Civil Forfeiture Office...