amercement

n. 罚款, 罚金

词形变化

amercements 复数 amercements

别名

amerciament

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A non-statutory monetary penalty or forfeiture, usually applied at the discretion of a court.

    可数 不可数 法律

    1934, Ernest Bramah, The Bravo of London This channel at one point gave occasion for a moss-grown bridge whereon the curious might inform themselves by the authority of a weather-beaten sign that while the road powers of the county of Sussex claimed the bridge and all that appertained to it, they expressly disclaimed liability for any sort of accident or ill that might be experienced there, and in fact held you strictly responsible and answerable in amercement.

词汇关系

名词

同义词 2

fine mulct

上位词 1

penalty

词源

From Middle English amercement, from Anglo-Norman amercier + -ment, from Old French à merci. Also from Medieval Latin amerciamentum, from amerciari + -amentum, learned Latinization of Anglo-Norman amerciament, amercement, amerciment. Equivalent to amerce + -ment.

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