Writ for taking a moderate amercement A writ founded on Magna Charta, (c. i4,) which lay for one who was excessively amerced in a court not of record, directed to the lord of the court or his bailiff, commanding him to take a moderate amercement of the party. Reg. Orig. 860; Fitzh. Nat. Brev. 75, 76.
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