(n.) 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 statue for an offense; but an amercement is arbitrary. Hence, the act or practice of affeering. [See Affeer.]
Example Sentences:
(1) Consider article 20, replacing the ancient word “amerce” with the modern “sanction”: “A free man shall not be [sanctioned] for a trivial offence except in accordance with the degree of the offence … but not so heavily as to deprive him of his livelihood … and none of the aforesaid [sanctions] shall be imposed save by the oath of reputable men”.
(2) It abounds in such terms as wainage , amercement , socage , novel disseisin , mort d’ancestor and distraint .
Statutory
Definition:
(a.) Enacted by statute; depending on statute for its authority; as, a statutory provision.
Example Sentences:
(1) There will be no statutory inquiry or independent review into the notorious clash between police and miners at Orgreave on 18 June 1984 , the home secretary, Amber Rudd, has announced.
(2) Roger Madelin, the chief executive of the developers Argent, which consulted the prince's aides on the £2bn plan to regenerate 27 hectares (67 acres) of disused rail land at Kings Cross in London, said the prince now has a similar stature as a consultee as statutory bodies including English Heritage, the Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment and professional bodies including Riba and the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors.
(3) The statutory age of retirement for clergy is 70, although vicars’ terms can be extended by his or her bishop.
(4) Any MP who claims this is not statutory regulation is a liar, and should be forced to retract and apologise, or face a million pound fine.
(5) This article examines current statutory and common law analyses of malpractice issues in transplantation, with particular attention given to issues of informed consent as they arise both for the organ donor and donee.
(6) The actual number at risk could be far higher, since that figure excludes historic buildings, sites and remains which have no statutory protection – a large proportion of them.
(7) Peter Vipond, director of regulation and tax at the Association of British Insurers, said: "We are concerned that so far none of the bodies will have a statutory objective to maintain London's competitiveness as a global financial sector – this is too valuable a prize to be thrown away."
(8) This is fostered by recent syllabuses and guides produced by British statutory bodies responsible for basic and postbasic nursing research.
(9) Seventy-two psychiatrists were trained in one of two procedures: those in the sequential evaluation condition were trained in the process and forms used by the SSA's reviewing medical consultants, and those in the statutory definition condition were trained in the statutory definition of disability and application of clinical judgment according to this standard.
(10) It should be noted that the last government introduced an entitlement for up to six months paternity leave in 2010, claiming the mother's statutory maternity pay entitlement in her place if she returns to work.
(11) Local authorities were tasked to ensure adequate numbers of affordable childcare places, which was swiftly followed by statutory paternity leave, maternity pay, childcare vouchers and – perhaps most crucially of all – wider social acceptance of the link between childcare and employment.
(12) But far from maintaining the expenditure needed, ministers have been drastically reducing the amount of public money available, according to the Committee on Climate Change , the statutory body set up to advise parliament on how to meet greenhouse gas targets.
(13) The charity said it had struggled financially because philanthropic and public donations had shrunk at a time when it had to meet the practical and emotional needs of an increasing number of high-risk vulnerable children who are not being supported by the statutory system.
(14) Because what we tend to find, I mean with Forward, we're hearing very often, we get calls from statutory agencies who are telling us, "I've got a girl, I don't know what to do."
(15) The most cautious would simply be to replace the PCC with a statutory body – Ofpress – performing functions similar to those performed by Ofcom in relation to the broadcast media.
(16) The information was not relayed to the Independent Police Complaints Commission either, though police have a statutory obligation to inform the watchdog when there is evidence of a person dying after contact with officers.
(17) Cameron is minded to demand a toughened up form of independent regulation, but to give the newspaper industry six months to put its house in order or face statutory controls.
(18) But the Government’s statutory advisers, the Committee on Climate Change, have said in no uncertain terms that there is no scientific or legal basis to do so, and if anything carbon pollution limits should be made tougher.
(19) The limits of determination using HPTLC were always at least four times lower than Italian statutory limits.
(20) That’s why we passed the Sex Offences Act 2003, which made sex with a minor statutory rape.