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Mulct
Answer for the clue "Mulct ", 6 letters:
amerce
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Word definitions for amerce in dictionaries
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
vb. 1 (context transitive English) To impose a fine on; to fine. 2 (context transitive English) To punish; to make an exaction.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in 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 .] To punish by a pecuniary penalty, the amount of which is not fixed ...
Usage examples of amerce.
Earls and barons shall not be amerced except through their peers, and only in accordance with the degree of the offense.
I cannot recollect now, and could not render into English were I to recall them, should, upon complaint of the person aggrieved, and upon proof of the offence by the evidence of worthy and truth-speaking witnesses, be amerced in such penalty, not exceeding a certain sum, as in the estimation of the presiding magistrate should be held to be a proper compensation for the injury to his reputation suffered by the plaintiff.
Then the cure, finding himself thus amerced in fines and amends, said to the judge.
One of their measures has been questioned as unwise and impolitic -- that, namely, for amercing and confiscating the estates of certain of the loyalists, and for banishing the most obnoxious among them.
One of their measures has been questioned as unwise and impolitic -- that, namely, for amercing and confiscating the estates of certain of the loyalists, and for banishing the most obnoxious among them.
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.