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Definisi 'amercement'
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English to English noun
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money extracted as a penalty |  | source: wordnet30
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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 statute for an offense; but an amercement is arbitrary. Hence, the act or practice of affeering. [See Affeer.] | | source: webster1913
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