Amercement
A Law Dictionary and Glossary · George C. Kinney · 1893
A Law Dictionary and Glossary
amerciament, Amerciamentnm, ishment or penalty imposed by a court from a fine, which was a punishment arising and imposed and assessed by the court, in court and that only in general terms, and moderated) by the peers of the party, hence ing a lighter punishment; and in being imposed on officers of court. In the ancient