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amercier1 (1215)
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amercier1 (1215)

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aimercier,  ammercier,  asmercier,  emercier,  enmercier,  esmercier;  amerchier  (amercierer  YBB Ed II xx 4)  
  FEW:  merces 6/ii,16a Gdf:  amercier 1,261a GdfC: ∅ TL: ∅ DEAF:  merci (*)  DMF:  amercier  TLF: ∅ OED:  amerce v.  MED:  amercen v.  DMLBS: ∅

v.trans.

1lawfinan.to amerce, fine: 
( 1215; MS: 1226 )  [L]i conte e li baron ne seient amercié (Latin: non amercientur) fors par lor pers, e solonc la maniere del forfait  Magna Carta 359.21
( 1316 )  nul home serroit amercieré (l. amercié?) en la court son seygnur  YBB Ed II xx 4
( 1337 )  ils furent amercé et l’amerciement afferé a demi mark  YBB 11-12 Ed III 193
( 1390-1412; MS: s.xv1 )  lesqueux persones furent et sont enmerciés en vostre courte de Geywode  Lett & Pet 367.302.20
2lawfinan.to assess, set (price, value): 
( 1303 )  Vostre demaundé consayl de tenyr plé de mortuarie, nomément de un beof ou del prys, saver xv s.; et depus qe le prys, saver xv s., ne porra pas estre mortuarie qe a vus n’est pas a aymercier le prys eynz est nostre lay chatel  YBB 30-31 Ed I 443

See also:

reenmercier 
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