Bible Encyclopedias
Amerce
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
a -mûrs ´: Found in the King James Version only in Deuteronomy 22:19 , "And they shall amerce him in an hundred shekels of silver." Amerce is a legal term derived from the French (à = "at"; merci = "mercy," i.e. literally, "at the mercy" (of the court)). Here it is used of the imposing of a fine, according to the Law of Moses, upon the man who has been proven by the Elders to have brought a false charge against the virginity of the maid he has married by saying to the father, "I found not thy daughter a maid.»Copyright Statement
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Bibliography Information
Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. Entry for 'Amerce'. International Standard Bible Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/isb/a/amerce.html. 1915.