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O que (quem) é Amercement - definição

CRIMINAL SANCTION

Amerciament; Amerce; Amerciaments; Amercements

amercement

n.

Fine, mulct, forfeiture, pecuniary penalty, deprivation.

Amercement

·noun 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 statue for an offense; but an amercement is arbitrary. Hence, the act or practice of affeering. [See Affeer.].

amercement

[?'m?:sm?nt]

¦ noun English Law, historical a fine.

Derivatives

amerce verb

Origin

ME: from Anglo-Norman Fr. amerciment, based on estre amercie 'be at the mercy of another', from a merci 'at (the) mercy'.

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Amercement

An amercement is a financial penalty in English law, common during the Middle Ages, imposed either by the court or by peers. The noun "amercement" lately derives from the verb to amerce, thus: the king amerces his subject, who offended some law. The term is of Anglo-Norman origin (Law French, from French, from Latin), and literally means "being at the mercy of": a-merce-ment (English mercy is cognate).

While it is often synonymous with a fine, it differs in that a fine is a fixed sum prescribed by statute and was often voluntary, while an amercement is arbitrary. Amercements were commonly used as a punishment for minor offences (such as trespassing in the king's forest), as an alternative to imprisonment.

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