AMERCEMENT, or AMERCIAMENT, in Law, a pecuniary punishment imposed on offenders at the mercy of the court. It differs from a fine in being imposed arbitrarily, in proportion to the fault; whereas a fine is a certain punishment settled expressly by some statute.
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Presented in 1934
by Reginald Baddeley
University of Aberdeen
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