emprisonement
Old French
editNoun
editemprisonement oblique singular, m (oblique plural emprisonemenz or emprisonementz, nominative singular emprisonemenz or emprisonementz, nominative plural emprisonement)
- (Anglo-Norman) Alternative form of emprisonnement
- 1351, Second Statute of Labourers, 1351[1]:
- […] les servantz refusantz servir per autiele manere fuissent punys per emprisonement
- the servants refusing to serve in such a manner should be punished with imprisonment