Crossword clues for amerced
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Amerce \A*merce"\ ([.a]*m[~e]rs"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Amerced ([.a]*m[~e]rst"); p. pr. & vb. n. Amercing.] [OF. amercier, fr. a merci at the mercy of, liable to a punishment. See Mercy.]
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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 court amerced the criminal in the sum of one hundred dollars.
Note: The penalty or fine may be expressed without a preposition, or it may be introduced by in, with, or of.
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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.
Wiktionary
vb. (en-past of: amerce)
Usage examples of "amerced".
Earls and barons shall not be amerced except through their peers, and only in accordance with the degree of the offense.
A freeman shall not be amerced (punished by fine, punished arbitrarily) for a slight offense, except in accordance with the degree of the offense.
Earls and barons shall not be amerced except through their peers, and only in accordance with the degree of the offense.
A clerk shall not be amerced in respect of his lay holding except after the manner of the others aforesaid.
A freeman shall not be amerced for a slight offense, except in accordance with the degree of the offense.
A clerk shall not be amerced in respect of his lay holding except after the manner of the others aforesaid.
He staid there some time, in consequence of an edict he had published, ordering all who had not paid the sums in which they were amerced, to repair to him thither.
Accordingly, he amerced them in two hundred thousand sesterces, to be paid to the republic, at six equal payments, within the space of three years.
Cruel his eye, but cast Signs of remorse and passion, to behold The fellows of his crime, the followers rather (Far other once beheld in bliss), condemned For ever now to have their lot in pain-- Millions of Spirits for his fault amerced Of Heaven, and from eteranl splendours flung For his revolt--yet faithful how they stood, Their glory withered.
All those suspected of illegal profits at the time the public delusion was at its height, were sought out and amerced in heavy fines.
But if servants misbehave themselves, or leave their places, not being regularly discharged, they ought to be amerced or punished.
They therefore decreed that both marks should be restored to their former positions, and amerced both parties by a negligible fine.