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Definition of Amerciable
1. Adjective. Of a crime or misdemeanor; punishable by a fine set by a judge.
Definition of Amerciable
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Amerciable
Literary usage of Amerciable
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Britton: An English Translation and Notes by Francis Morgan Nichols (1901)
"... sheriffs are amerciable ; or that have maintained suits or the parties to
actions, and have procured false inquests, whereby justice has been hindered, ..."
2. A Treatise of the Pleas of the Crown: Or, A System of the Principal Matters by William Hawkins, John Curwood (1824)
"... the presentment of it is traversable ; but that where the offence is amerciable
only, there the presentment is of itself conclusive ; such amercements ..."
3. A Treatise on Crimes and Misdemeanors by William Oldnall Russell (1877)
"9 amerciable only, there the presentment is of itself conclusive ... 590, as to
escapes fineable or amerciable. (r) See ante, p. 67. ..."
4. Lectures on the Growth of Criminal Law in Ancient Communities by Richard Robert Cherry (1890)
"... and then the tithing will be amerciable before our Justices because they have
not produced the male/actor for trial, although he has been captured again ..."
5. Britton by Francis Morgan Nichols (1865)
"... and whosoever shall do so, and be found guilty thereof, shall be amerciable
or otherwise punishable according to the mischief which may arise. ..."
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