mulct

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Vide Pennant's Tour in Wales of 1773, pp. 273, 274 82] This mulct is frequently in the Salic law called "fred," that is, peace; because it was paid to the king or state, as guardians of the public peace 83] A brief account of the civil economy of the Germans will here be useful.

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  1. noun A penalty such as a fine.
  2. transitive verb To penalize by fining or demanding forfeiture.
  3. transitive verb To acquire by trickery or deception.

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  1. From Middle English multen, to fine, from Latin multāre, mulctāre, from mulcta, fine.

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  1. = Old French multe = Spanish Portuguese Italian multa, from Latin mulcta, multa, a fine, penalty; a word of Sabine origin.
  2. = Old French multer, French mulcter = Spanish Portuguese multar = Italian multare, from Latin multare, mulctare, fine, punish, from multa, mulcta, a fine: see mulct, n.
 

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