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PRONUNCIATION OF AMERCEMENT

amercement  [əˈmɜːsmənt] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF AMERCEMENT

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Amercement is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES AMERCEMENT MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Amercement

An amercement is a financial penalty in English law, common during the Middle Ages, imposed either by the court or by peers. The noun "amercement" lately derives from the verb to amerce, thus: the King amerces his subject, who offended some law. The term is of Anglo-Norman origin,, and literally means "being at the mercy of": a-merce-ment. While it is often synonymous with a fine, it differs in that a fine is a fixed sum prescribed by statute and was often voluntary, while an amercement is arbitrary. Amercements were commonly used as a punishment for minor offenses, as an alternative to imprisonment.

Definition of amercement in the English dictionary

The definition of amercement in the dictionary is punishment by a fine.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH AMERCEMENT


afforcement
əˈfɔːsmənt
conducement
kənˈdjuːsmənt
deducement
dɪˈdjuːsmənt
deforcement
dɪˈfɔːsmənt
disbursement
dɪsˈbɜːsmənt
divorcement
dɪˈvɔːsmənt
educement
ɪˈdjuːsmənt
empiecement
ɛmˈpiːsmənt
endorsement
ɪnˈdɔːsmənt
enforcement
ɪnˈfɔːsmənt
indorsement
ɪnˈdɔːsmənt
inducement
ɪnˈdjuːsmənt
nonenforcement
ˌnɒnɪnˈfɔːsmənt
reimbursement
ˌriːɪmˈbɜːsmənt
reinforcement
ˌriːɪnˈfɔːsmənt
releasement
rɪˈliːsmənt
renversement
rɛnˈvɜːsmənt
seducement
sɪˈdjuːsmənt
superinducement
ˌsuːpərɪnˈdjuːsmənt
traducement
trəˈdjuːsmənt

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE AMERCEMENT

amenity bed
amenity society
Amenophis III
Amenophis IV
amenorrhea
amenorrheic
amenorrhoea
ament
amentaceous
amental
amentia
amentiferous
amentum
Amer.
Amerasian
amerce
amerceable
amercer
amerciable
amerciament

WORDS THAT END LIKE AMERCEMENT

abonnement
advertisement
agreement
announcement
apartment
arrangement
basement
element
engagement
implement
improvement
infringement
management
measurement
movement
placement
replacement
requirement
retirement
statement
supplement

Synonyms and antonyms of amercement in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «amercement» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF AMERCEMENT

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The translations of amercement from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «amercement» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

罚没款
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

amercement
570 millions of speakers

English

amercement
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

amercement
380 millions of speakers
ar

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amercement
280 millions of speakers

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amercement
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

amercement
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

অর্থদণ্ড
260 millions of speakers

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amercement
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Amercement
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

amercement
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

amercement
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

amercement
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Amercement
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

bị phạt
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

amercement
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

दंड
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

para cezası verme
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

amercement
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

amercement
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

amercement
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

amercement
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

amercement
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

amercement
14 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Swedish

amercement
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

amercement
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of amercement

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «AMERCEMENT»

The term «amercement» is normally little used and occupies the 114.970 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «AMERCEMENT» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about amercement

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «AMERCEMENT»

Discover the use of amercement in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to amercement and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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A Law Dictionary and Glossary: Containing Full Definitions ...
In misenbordia came to be used in records as expressive of judgment of amercement against either party to a suit, and is literally translated in the phrase “ in mercy, &c.,” with which judgment records still conclude, although no amercement is ...
Alexander Mansfield Burrill, 1867
2
A Transcript of the Court Rolls of Yeadon, 1361-1476: With ...
Amercement 2d. Sichard Chelray has recouped against Adam de Mikelhagh 8d. assessed by the jurors for damage done to him with his beasts in Brokolfcliff and le Laugcroft in his standing crops and the said Adam is in amercement.
G. R. Price, 1984
3
General Statutes of New Jersey
(a) 23. That when an amercement as aforesaid has been obtained against Elisors appointed, any sheriff or coroner, it shall be lawful for the court, at the request of the Ib-»^23- plaintiff or plaintiffs, his, her or their attorney or legal representative, ...
New Jersey, 2005
4
A Treatise on Copyhold, Customary Freehold & Ancient Demesne ...
LEET— continued. or by distress, even without custom Page 498 and distress may be sold . . .. ib. but fine not of common right cannot be distrained for without prescription . . ib. an amercement in leet is recoverable by action of debt . . . . .. ib.
John Scriven (serjeant at law.), Henry Stalman, 1867
5
A Treatise on Copyholds. Customary Freeholds, Ancient ...
L E ET -—eontinued. or by distress, even without custom Page 498 and distress may be sold . . . . ib. but fine not of common right cannot be distrained for without prescription . . ib. an amercement in leet is recoverable by action of debt .. . . .. ib.
John SCRIVEN (Sergeant-at-Law.), Henry STALMAN, 1867
6
A Treatise on Copyholds: Customary Freeholds, Ancient ...
And in debt for an amercement in leet the declaration must also aver inhabitancy, as well at the time of the amercement as of the offence, but this will be cured by verdict, for it must be proved at the tria} (206). Where in debt for amercement the ...
John Scriven (serjeant at law.), 1823
7
A Digest of the Law of Actions and Trials at Nisi Prius
307 Amercement. In what cases debt lies for an amercement pt. ii. 33 In debt on an amercement any variance in stating the amercement is fatal " pt. u. so What variances are fatal pt. ii. 106 How to declare in debt for an amercement pt. ii ...
Isaac 'Espinasse, Richard Riker, Anthony Bleecker, 1820
8
A new abridgment of the law
nuisance, without any farther proceeding ; and every pain so for- R«p- feited may be recovered in like manner as a fine or amercement by distress (a) or action of debt ; {b) neither fliall it be afFeered to s Mod. 130! a less sum than is at first set.
Matthew Bacon, Henry Gwillim, 1798
9
The Reports of Sir Edward Coke, Kt. [1572-1617]: In English, ...
Amercement' avowed, which not. b. 6. 25. 77, 78. b. 8. 58 to 41. b. II. 42 to 45. See Tit. Statutes and Magna Cbarta c. 14. there. Where, and how Avowry shall be made for Amercement inCourt-Leet, Hundred, or Court Baron, b. 6.25. 77, 78. b. 8 .
Great Britain. Courts, Sir Edward Coke, Edward Bulstrode, 1727
10
A treatise of the pleas of the crown: or, A system of the ...
In what cases the sheriff in his torn ought to award an amercement. (o) Dalt. Sher. Sect. 17- It seems that he hath a discretionary power (a) 400. either to award a fine or amercement for contempts to the 1 Co* 39*40 court* as for a suitor's ...
William Hawkins, John Curwood, 1824

6 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «AMERCEMENT»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term amercement is used in the context of the following news items.
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Magna Carta: the 'great charter' that grew in greatness
... in English translation still find themselves confronted with a plethora of strange, untranslatable terms: scutage, novel disseisin, amercement. «Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Jun 15»
2
British Man Fined a 'Victim Surcharge' for Anti-Semitic Speech
Somebody reported this man to the police, and the authorities took his money away from him in amercement. Even more worryingly, they did so ... «National Review Online, Feb 15»
3
Magna Carta – 800 years on
It abounds in such terms as wainage, amercement, socage, novel disseisin, mort d'ancestor and distraint. Some of its chapters seem of minor ... «The Guardian, Jan 15»
4
Free medicine disaster: Lab with expired licence supplied PIC
Doesn't the supply, and check for authentication for medical drugs come under the Federal Government even after 18th amercement? If yes ... «The Express Tribune, Jan 12»
5
How to: archive and back up photos
... mononymic foemanship uncurbed mycodermitis shrieked unregrettably angerless epiplasmic amercement henting ergoplasm microphonics ... «What Digital Camera, Sep 10»
6
Obama-We're the Most Transparent and Ethical Administration in US …
+McGavel1 PLEASE KEEP IN MIND THE SECOND AMERCEMENT. WE HAVE THE RIGHT TO PROTECT OURSELVES FROM OUR ... «YouTube, Jan 10»

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« EDUCALINGO. Amercement [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/amercement>. Apr 2024 ».
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