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Amercement

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.]

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Penalty 76% connected

Penal retribution; punishment for crime or offense; the suffering in person or property which is annexed by law or judicial decision to the commissio…

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Fine 74% connected

Finished; brought to perfection; refined; hence, free from impurity; excellent; superior; elegant; worthy of admiration; accomplished; beautiful.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Fine 74% connected

Finished; brought to perfection; refined; hence, free from impurity; excellent; superior; elegant; worthy of admiration; accomplished; beautiful.

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Fine 92% connected

Finished; brought to perfection; refined; hence, free from impurity; excellent; superior; elegant; worthy of admiration; accomplished; beautiful.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Mulct 92% connected

A fine or penalty, esp. a pecuniary punishment or penalty.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Adultery noun · 78% connection

The fine and penalty imposed for the offense of adultery.

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Amerce verb · 78% connection

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 th…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: infliction, penalty, discretion, court, mulct.
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Apodosis noun · 78% connection

The consequent clause or conclusion in a conditional sentence, expressing the result, and thus distinguished from the protasis or clau…

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Appeal noun · 78% connection

(law) a legal proceeding in which the appellant resorts to a higher court for the purpose of obtaining a review of a lower court decis…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: infliction, penalty, discretion, court, mulct.
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Appearance noun · 78% connection

The coming into court of either of the parties; the being present in court; the coming into court of a party summoned in an action, ei…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: infliction, penalty, discretion, court, mulct.
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Arbitrary adjective · 78% connection

Depending on will or discretion; not governed by any fixed rules; as, an arbitrary decision; an arbitrary punishment.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: infliction, penalty, discretion, court, mulct.
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Ban noun · 78% connection

A pecuniary mulct or penalty laid upon a delinquent for offending against a ban; as, a mulct paid to a bishop by one guilty of sacrile…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: infliction, penalty, discretion, court, mulct.
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Centesimation noun · 78% connection

The infliction of the death penalty upon one person in every hundred, as in cases of mutiny.

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Circuit noun · 78% connection

(law) a judicial division of a state or the United States (so-called because originally judges traveled and held court in different lo…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: infliction, penalty, discretion, court, mulct.
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Discretionarily adverb · 78% connection

At discretion; according to one's discretion or judgment.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: infliction, penalty, discretion, court, mulct.
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Discretionary unknown · 78% connection

Left to discretion; unrestrained except by discretion or judgment; as, an ambassador with discretionary powers.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: infliction, penalty, discretion, court, mulct.
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Doom verb · 78% connection

To ordain as penalty; hence, to mulct or fine.

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Fightwite noun · 78% connection

A mulct or fine imposed on a person for making a fight or quarrel to the disturbance of the peace.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: infliction, penalty, discretion, court, mulct.
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Fog noun · 78% connection

Watery vapor condensed in the lower part of the atmosphere and disturbing its transparency. It differs from cloud only in being near t…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: infliction, penalty, discretion, court, mulct.
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Forfeit noun · 78% connection

A thing forfeit or forfeited; what is or may be taken from one in requital of a misdeed committed; that which is lost, or the right to…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: infliction, penalty, discretion, court, mulct.
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Forfeiture noun · 78% connection

That which is forfeited; a penalty; a fine or mulct.

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Homothecy noun · 78% connection

(mathematics) an isotropic scaling transformation of an affine space with a single fixed point.; "Successive applications of homotheti…

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Homothety noun · 78% connection

(mathematics) an isotropic scaling transformation of an affine space with a single fixed point.; "Successive applications of homotheti…

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