English-Thai Dictionary

amerce

VT ลงโทษ  punish long-thod

 

amercement

N การ ทำโทษ  kan-tam-tod

 

amercer

N การ ปรับ  kan-plab

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

AMERCE

v.t.amers'. [A verb formed from a for on or at, from L. merces, reward. ] 1. To inflict a penalty at mercy; to punish by a pecuniary penalty, the amount of which is not fixed by law, but left to the discretion or mercy of the court; as, the court amerced the criminal in the sum of one hundred dollars.
2. To inflict a pecuniary penalty; to punish in general. Milton uses of after amerce; "Millions of spirits amerced of heaven; " but this use seems to be a poetic license.

 

AMERCED

pp. Fined at the discretion of a court.

 

AMERCEMENT

n.amers'ment. A pecuniary penalty inflicted on an offender at the discretion of the court. It differs from a fine, in that the latter is, or was originally, a fixed and certain sum prescribed by statute for an offense; but an amercement is arbitrary. Hence the practice of affeering. [See Affeer. ] But in America, the word fine is now used for a pecuniary penalty which is uncertain; and it is common in statutes, to enact that an offender shall be fined, at the discretion of the court. In England also, fines are now usually discretionary. Thus the word fine has, in a measure, superseded the use of amercement. This word, in old books, is written amerciament. Amercement royal is a penalty imposed on an officer for a misdemeanor in his office.

 

AMERCER

n.One who set a fine at discretion, upon an offender.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

AMERCE

A *merce ", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Amerced; p. pr. & vb. n. Amercing.]Etym: [OF. amercier, fr. a merci at the mercy of, liable to a punishment. See Mercy. ]

 

1. To punish by a pecuniary penalty, the amount of which is not fixed by law, but left to the discretion of the court; as, the amerced the criminal in the sum on the hundred dollars.

 

Note: The penalty of fine may be expressed without a preposition, or it may be introduced by in, with, or of.

 

2. To punish, in general; to mulct. Millions of spirits for his fault amerced Of Heaven. Milton. Shall by him be amerced with penance due. Spenser.

 

AMERCEABLE

AMERCEABLE A *merce "a *ble, a.

 

Defn: Liable to be amerced.

 

AMERCEMENT

A *merce "ment, n. Etym: [OF. amerciment.]

 

Defn: 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. ] Blackstone.

 

Note: This word, in old books, is written amerciament. Amercement royal, a penalty imposed on an officer for a misdemeanor in his office. Jacobs.

 

AMERCER

AMERCER A *mer "cer, n.

 

Defn: One who amerces.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

amercement

a merce ment |əˈmərsmənt əˈmərsmənt | ▶noun English Law, historical a fine. DERIVATIVES a merce verb ORIGIN late Middle English: from Anglo-Norman French amerciment, based on estre amercie ‘be at the mercy of another ’ (with respect to the amount of a fine ), from a merci ‘at (the ) mercy. ’

 

Oxford Dictionary

amercement

amercement |əˈməːsmənt | ▶noun English Law, historical a fine. DERIVATIVES amerce verb ORIGIN late Middle English: from Anglo-Norman French amerciment, based on estre amercie ‘be at the mercy of another ’ (with respect to the amount of a fine ), from a merci ‘at (the ) mercy ’.