α. 1600s– amerceable.
β. 1600s– amerciable.
amerciableadj.
/əˈməːsɪəbl/, U.S. /əˈmərsiəb(ə)l/, /əˈmərʃəb(ə)l/ Now chiefly historical.
Liable to be amerced.
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society > authority > punishment > fine > [adjective] > liable to be fined
finable1485
amerciable1611
mulctable1658
mulctuarya1702
assessable1818
1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Amendable, amerceable, fineable.
a1642 R. Callis Reading of Statute of Sewers (1647) iii. 132 Fine in cases Fineable, and Amerce in cases Amerciable.
1678 M. Hale Historia Placitorum Coronæ (1736) II. 73 The hundred is amerceable for the escape.
1721 W. Hawkins Treat. Pleas Crown II. xxvi. 266 The Defendant is only amerceable in such Action.
1768 F. Buller Introd. Law Nisi Prius ii. 11 It is not actionable to bring an action though there be no good ground for it..the plaintiff..is amerciable pro falso clamore.
1819 J. Chitty Pract. Treat. Criminal Law (new ed.) xiii. 424 He is said..not to be amerceable at all on the return to the first venire.
1865 F. M. Nichols tr. Britton I. 188 He shall be amerciable.
1972 H. M. Jewell Eng. Local Admin. in Middle Ages v. 155 Many amerciable offences were disclosed from coroners' rolls.
1992 W. Ingram Bus. Playing vii. 199 The premature granting of freedom in any of the City livery companies was contrary to City statute, and thus an amerceable offense.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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adj.1611- to stick at nothing
- to stick away
- to stick by
- to stick cleave like a bur
- to stick cling like a bur
- to stick down
- to stick etc like a bur
- to stick full of
- to stick in
- to stick in one's ear
- to stick in one's head
- to stick in the briers
- to stick in the clay
- to stick in the craw
- to stick in the etc
- to stick in the gizzard
- to stick in the mire
- to stick in the mud
- to stick in the stomach
- to stick in the teeth
- to stick in the throat
- to stick into
- to stick it
- to stick it into
- to stick it on