amercement
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: 0.00 in modern English
16
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A non-statutory monetary penalty or forfeiture, usually applied at the discretion of a court.
Countable; Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "29 March. The quhilk daye Thomas Garnes is fund in þe wrang and amerchiament of court, for þe violent ſchuting and towking of Dauid Fleming, officiar to the Cowparis, on frydaye laſt."
- "This channel at one point gave occasion for a moss-grown bridge whereon the curious might inform themselves by the authority of a weather-beaten sign that while the road powers of the county of Sussex claimed the bridge and all that appertained to it, they expressly disclaimed liability for any sort of accident or ill that might be experienced there, and in fact held you strictly responsible and answerable in amercement."
Etymology
From Middle English amercement, from Anglo-Norman amercier + -ment, from Old French à merci. Also from Medieval Latin amerciamentum, from amerciari + -amentum, learned Latinization of Anglo-Norman amerciament, amercement, amerciment. Equivalent to amerce + -ment.