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Meaning of 'amerce' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Amerce [ v. t.]
- 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.
- To punish, in general; to mulct.

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