- (v.t.) To punish, in general; to mulct.
- (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.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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