Amerciare

Lat. To amerce. See Amerce. Liber honto non amercietur proparvo delicto nisi secundum modum illius delicti, c£*c.; a freeman shall not be amerced for a small offence, unless according to the quality of such offence, &c. Magna Charto, c. 14. M villanus — eodem modo amercietur,— si inciderit in misericordiam nostram; and a villein shall be amerced in the same manner — if he fall into our mercy. Id. ibid. See Bract, fol. 116 b. Scias qtiod amerciatus es ad unam marcam, i Stc. Et gravius amerciaberis, nisi, dtc.; know that you are amerced at one mark, &c. And you will be more severely amerced, unless, <fec. Beg. Jud. IS, 41.