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Definition of Amercements
1. amercement [n] - See also: amercement
Lexicographical Neighbors of Amercements
Literary usage of Amercements
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Parish: Its Powers and Obligations at Law, as Regards the Welfare of by Joshua Toulmin Smith (1857)
"amercements, AND PENALTIES UNDER RYE-LAWS. Law has been shown to recognize the
duty of every man •fco take on himself, at the appointment of the Vestry, ..."
2. The First Part of the Institutes of the Laws of England: Or, A Commentary by Edward Coke, Thomas Littleton, Francis Hargrave, Charles Butler, Matthew Hale, Heneage Finch Nottingham, Thomas Day (1812)
"But so far as regards amercements on judgments in civil suits in the king's courts
of record, they have long been mere Jinn. Yet in lord Coke's time it was ..."
3. The Charters of the Duchy of Lancasterby Lancaster, Eng. (Duchy), Lancaster (England : Duchy)., William Hardy, Great Britain by Lancaster, Eng. (Duchy), Lancaster (England : Duchy)., William Hardy, Great Britain (1845)
"... summons of the Exchequer ; Attachment of pleas of the Crown; Chattels of felons
and fugitives; Fines and amercements, forfeited issues, forfeitures, &c. ..."
4. The Mirrour of Justices: Written Originally in the Old French, Long Before by Andrew Horne, Anthony Fitzherbert (1903)
"... and if the cause be venial, there is no punishment for the escape. SECT. 26.
Of amercements taxable. COMMON amercements are taxable by the oaths and ..."
5. The Publications of the Selden Society by Selden Society (1892)
"Shimpling renders account of 4 s. 6 d. of amercements of the court in the first
roll. And of 9 s. in the second roll. Of the amercements of the leets of ..."
6. Leet Jurisdiction in the City of Norwich During the XIIIth and XIVth by Norwich (England). Court Leet, William Hudson (1892)
"[ACCOUNT ROLL OF 37 EDWARD III. 1364.] Shimpling renders account of 4 s. 6 d.
of amercements of the court in the first roll. And of 9 s. in the second roll. ..."
7. A Treatise on Copyhold, Customary Freehold, and Ancient Demesne Tenure: With by Henry Stalman, John Scriven (1846)
"Of amercements, Sfc. An amercement is generally considered to be the act of the
jury (g) and a fine the act of the court (A), though it has been said that ..."
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