Plural of amercement; multiple fines or penalties imposed by courts, usually collected together in records.
Simply the plural form of 'amercement,' formed by adding '-s' to indicate more than one financial penalty.
When historians study amercements collectively, they can map entire crime waves and social problems—10th-century London's amercement records show a massive spike in theft during harsh winters.
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