amerciable, a.
(əˈmɜːsɪəb(ə)l)
Also 7 amerceable.
[a. AFr. amerciable, f. amercier, see amerce v.]
Liable to be amerced.
| 1611 Cotgr., Amendable, amerceable, fineable. 1622 Callis Stat. Sewers (1647) 132 Fine in cases Fineable, and Amerce in cases Amerciable. Ibid. 138 If the same by his neglect be left undone..he is therefore amerceable. 1678 Hale Hist. Plac. Coron. (1736) II. 73 The hundred is amerceable for the escape. 1865 Nichols Britton I. 188 He shall be amerciable. |