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Amercement
Webster's Dictionary
(n.) The infliction of a penalty at the discretion of the court; also, a mulct or penalty thus imposed. It differs from a fine,in that the latter is, or was originally, a fixed and certain sum prescribed by statue for an offense; but an amercement is arbitrary. Hence, the act or practice of affeering. [See Affeer.]
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Amercement'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/a/amercement.html. 1828.