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In mercy, means at a judge's discretion concerning punishment. A judgment formerly noted which litigant lost by stating that the unsuccessful party was in the court's mercy. A plaintiff held in mercy for a false claim, for example, was said to be in misericordia pro falso clamore suo, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 791.