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amercement n. 罚款;罚金 罚款;罚金 amercement n 1: money extracted as a penalty [ synonym: { fine}, { mulct}, { amercement}] Amercement \ A* merce" ment\, n. [ OF. amerciment.] The infliction of a penalty at the discretion of the court; also, a mulct or penalty thus imposed. It differs from a fine, in that the latter is, or was originally, a fixed and certain sum prescribed by statute for an offense; but an amercement is arbitrary. Hence, the act or practice of affeering. [ See { Affeer}.] -- Blackstone. [ 1913 Webster] Note: This word, in old books, is written { amerciament}. [ 1913 Webster] { Amercement royal}, a penalty imposed on an officer for a misdemeanor in his office. -- Jacobs. [ 1913 Webster] AMERCEMENT, practice. A pecuniary penalty imposed upon a person who is inmisericordia; as, for example, when the defendant se retaxit, or recessit incontemptum curioe. 8 Co. 58; Bar. Ab. Fines and Amercements. By the commonlaw, none can be amerced in his absence, except for his default. Non licetaliquem in sua absentia amerciare nisi per ejus defaltas. Fleta, lib. 2, cap. 65, Sec. 15. 2. Formerly, if the sheriff failed in obeying the writs, rules, ororders of the court, he might be amerced; that is, a penalty might beimposed upon him; but this practice has been superseded by attachment. InNew Jersey and Ohio, the sheriff may, by statutory provision, be amerced formaking a return contrary to the provision of the statute. Coxe, 136, 169; 6Halst. 334; 3 Halst. 270, 271; 5 Halst. 319; 1 Green, 159, 341; 2 Green, 350; 2 South. 433; 1 Ham. 275; 2 Ham. 603; 6 Ham. 452; Wright, 720.
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