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PRONUNCIATION OF AMERCIAMENT

amerciament  [əˈmɜːsɪəmənt] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF AMERCIAMENT

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Amerciament 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 AMERCIAMENT 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.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH AMERCIAMENT


acquirement
əˈkwaɪəmənt
affeerment
əˈfɪəmənt
attirement
əˈtaɪəmənt
cashierment
kæˈʃɪəmənt
cerement
ˈsɪəmənt
endearment
ɪnˈdɪəmənt
instrument
ˈɪnstrəmənt
lineament
ˈlɪnɪəmənt
measurement
ˈmɛʒəmənt
measurements
ˈmɛʒəmənt
ornament
ˈɔːnəmənt
palliament
ˈpælɪəmənt
parliament
ˈpɑːləmənt
postretirement
ˌpəʊstrɪˈtaɪəmənt
preretirement
ˌpriːrɪˈtaɪəmənt
requirement
rɪˈkwaɪəmənt
retirement
rɪˈtaɪəmənt
semiretirement
ˌsɛmɪrɪˈtaɪəmənt
tournament
ˈtʊənəmənt
virement
ˈvaɪəmənt

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE AMERCIAMENT

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

WORDS THAT END LIKE AMERCIAMENT

advertisement
armament
Christmas ornament
European Parliament
filament
firmament
fundament
Houses of Parliament
lament
ligament
medicament
Member of Parliament
Member of the European Parliament
monofilament
New Testament
Old Testament
parament
predicament
sacrament
temperament
testament

Synonyms and antonyms of amerciament in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «amerciament» into 25 languages

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amerciament
1,325 millions of speakers

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amerciament
570 millions of speakers

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amerciament
510 millions of speakers

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amerciament
380 millions of speakers
ar

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amerciament
280 millions of speakers

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amerciament
278 millions of speakers

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amerciament
270 millions of speakers

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amerciament
260 millions of speakers

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amerciament
220 millions of speakers

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Amerciament
190 millions of speakers

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amerciament
180 millions of speakers

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amerciament
130 millions of speakers

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amerciament
85 millions of speakers

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Amerciament
85 millions of speakers
vi

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amerciament
80 millions of speakers

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amerciament
75 millions of speakers

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अमस्टरिमेंट
75 millions of speakers

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amerciament
70 millions of speakers

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amerciament
65 millions of speakers

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amerciament
50 millions of speakers

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amerciament
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

amerciament
30 millions of speakers
el

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amerciament
15 millions of speakers
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amerciament
14 millions of speakers
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amerciament
10 millions of speakers
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amerciament
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of amerciament

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «AMERCIAMENT»

The term «amerciament» is used very little and occupies the 156.852 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «AMERCIAMENT» OVER TIME

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

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «AMERCIAMENT»

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A Digest of the Laws of England
Remedy for an Amerciament. so. 10.) ^aB »meretament 'n a ^eet 1* affeered, the lord may distrajfc By distress, for it of common right, without prescription. R. 2 Cr$. j8*. Wbtnmd 8 Cfl. 41. A7/. 43- *□» 'l'fl>*jl A distress for an amerciament may ...
Sir John Comyns, Stewart Kyd, 1793
2
The General Public Statutory Law and Public Local Law of the ...
said amerciament, (which the chancellor may, in his discretion, swig; he. as he may see just cause, continue, or enlarge or increase, from :'n'\ir::d court to court,) shall be,no longer continued, enlarged or in- kc. ' creased, and thereby become ...
3
The Law Library
OF DISTRESS FOR FINES AND AMERCIAMENTS. particular trespass to the lord or any other person, for which an action lies by them to recover damages 2 (u) nor can such an amerciament be supported even by custom. (ac) *To authorize an ...
4
Systematic Arrangement of Lord Coke's First Institute of the ...
So as for the delay, that the tenant or defendant doth use, he shall be (*)Pi. com. amerced, (h) And albeit the amerciament cannot be imposed, nor caw. C37H. the king fully entitled thereunto, until judgment be given, because 4921'vau«h- ky ...
Sir Edward Coke, John Henry Thomas, Sir Thomas Littleton, 1836
5
The pipe-rolls, or sheriff's annual accounts of the revenues ...
The same Sheriff renders account of 71s. id. of amerciament of the men of William the Moneyer. He has paid it into the Treasury. And he is quit. Of the Pleas of Ralph de GlantUle and Hugh de Cresri. John the son of Puucun owes 1 11. 2s.
Great Britain. Exchequer, John Hodgson-Hinde, 1847
6
The Grounds and Rudiments of Law and Equity, Alphabetically ...
In a court leet, which was a court of record, if an amerciament imposed was affeered even by the jury, and not by sworn affeerers appointed for that purpose, it was a void amerciament, and 'the lord of the leet could not maintain his action for it.
William C. Aylwin, 1751
7
The Jurisdiction of the Court Leet exemplified in the ...
Twelve. suitors. minister of the court is called amerciament (c), and not fine. But, where stranger to the court makes misprision, and shall make amends, there that which is assessed upon him is called fine, and not amerciament. 5 E. 4, 5.
Joseph Ritson, 1816
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A Treatise on the Law of Distresses
kind of second jury, composed of persons called affeer- Chap.vIII. ors,^) who are chosen in court to affeer the amerciament. These affeerors are two in number, (A) and, like the jurors of the court, should be persons resiants within its jurisdiction, ...
James Bradby, John Adams, 1828
9
The jurisdiction of the Court leet: exemplified in the ...
By the justices, that which is assessed on the minister of the court is called amerciament*, and not fine. But, where stranger to the court makes misprision, and shall make amends, there that which is assessed upon him is called fine, and not ...
Joseph Ritson, 1809
10
1692-1785
597 in court upon process of contempt, or otherwise, to stand com- November", mitted, and be kept in close custody until the said amerciament 1785. and costs, and fine for contempt, be fully satisfied ; and in case CHAPthe amerciament ...
Maryland, Virgil Maxcy, 1811

NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «AMERCIAMENT»

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... spous to Sergant M'Gregor, wes convict and put in amerciament for draging doun among hir feit Issobell Walker be the hair, and for etling to ... «NPR, Sep 14»

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