pecuniary+penalty

  • 31Amercing — Amerce A*merce ([.a]*m[ e]rs ), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Amerced} ([.a]*m[ e]rst ); p. pr. & vb. n. {Amercing}.] [OF. amercier, fr. a merci at the mercy of, liable to a punishment. See {Mercy}.] 1. To punish by a pecuniary penalty, the amount of… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 32amercement — A money penalty in the nature of a fine imposed by statute upon a sheriff or like officer for misconduct or neglect of duty, the object of the statute being to insure promptness and fidelity to duty and to furnish the plaintiff an opportunity to… …

    Ballentine's law dictionary

  • 33Fine — Fine, v. t. [From {Fine}, n.] To impose a pecuniary penalty upon for an offense or breach of law; to set a fine on by judgment of a court; to punish by fine; to mulct; as, the trespassers were fined ten dollars. [1913 Webster] …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 34Mulctary — Mulc ta*ry, Mulctuary Mulc tu*a*ry, a. Imposing a pecuniary penalty; consisting of, or paid as, a fine. [1913 Webster] Fines, or some known mulctuary punishments. Sir W. Temple. [1913 Webster] …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 35Mulctuary — Mulctary Mulc ta*ry, Mulctuary Mulc tu*a*ry, a. Imposing a pecuniary penalty; consisting of, or paid as, a fine. [1913 Webster] Fines, or some known mulctuary punishments. Sir W. Temple. [1913 Webster] …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 36Charles Babbage — in 1860 Born 26 December 1791( …

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  • 37Albert Langer — (also known as Arthur Dent [cite web | url = http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/cases/cth/aat/2007/1985.html | title = Dent and Daryl Wight as an Australian Electoral Officer (2007) AATA 1985 (23 November 2007) | accessdate = 2008 03 06 | author =… …

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  • 38English defamation law — Modern libel and slander laws as implemented in many but not all Commonwealth nations, in the United States, and in the Republic of Ireland, are originally descended from English defamation law. The history of defamation law in England is… …

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  • 39Interdictum de homine libero exhibendo — In Roman law, the Interdictum de homine libero exhibendo was a popular form of interdictum ordering a man who unlawfully holds a free man as a slave to produce this man in court. The Favian law (lex Fabi) made the purchase, sale, donation, or… …

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  • 40amercement — n. Fine, mulct, forfeiture, pecuniary penalty, deprivation …

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