penalty

The only great thing he did as governor was to insist that the death penalty was just wrong.

He rebuffed calls to institute the death penalty, and his last term as governor ended in his defeat.

Last summer, Louisiana also banned non-legal adoption, with offenders facing a penalty of $5,000 and up to five years in prison.

Tax evasion carries a maximum penalty of five years, and thus it seems likely that Grimm would be covered by the provision.

The penalty is only rarely imposed, as members often resign before they can be voted out of Congress.

But a little earlier still, to be an Infidel was to be an outlaw, subject to the penalty of death.

By the old law a drunken man who made a contract was still liable, and required to fulfill as a penalty for his conduct.

My man in the market has orders to send me Old Inn chickens and eggs, on penalty of losing my custom.

I don't care, so long as she ain't allowed to do as she pleases and no questions asked and no penalty paid.

It visited an offence with a penalty of which the offender, at the time when he offended, had no notice.