amercement
101punishment — [n] penalty abuse, amercement, beating, castigation, chastening, chastisement, comeuppance, confiscation, correction, deprivation, disciplinary action, discipline, forfeit, forfeiture, gallows, hard work, infliction, just desserts*, lumps,… …
102amerce — v.t. obsolete punish, especially by fine. ♦ amercement, n. ♦ amerciable, a …
103abishering — abishering, or abishersing /abishar(s)ir)/ Quit of amercements. It originally signified a forfeiture or amercement, and is more properly called mishering, mishersing, or miskering, according to certain writers. It has since been termed a liberty… …
104abishersing — abishering, or abishersing /abishar(s)ir)/ Quit of amercements. It originally signified a forfeiture or amercement, and is more properly called mishering, mishersing, or miskering, according to certain writers. It has since been termed a liberty… …
105amerce — /amars/ To impose an amercement or fine; to punish by a fine or penalty …
106bredwite — /bredwat/ In Saxon and old English law, a fine, penalty, or amercement imposed for defaults in the assise of bread …
107cashlite — An amercement or fine; a mulct …
108footgeld — /fiitgeld/ In the forest law, an amercement for not cutting out the ball or cutting off the claws of a dog s feet (expeditating, him). To be quit of footgeld is to have the privilege of keeping dogs in the forest unlawed without punishment or… …
109incurramentum — /inkahramentam/ L. Lat. The liability to a fine, penalty, or amercement …
110merciament — /mars(h)yamant/ An amercement, penalty, or fine (q.v.) …
