pass sentence
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In like vein, James was the last British monarch to step into the role of judge and pass sentence on one of his subjects.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 5, 2025
Judge Mrs Justice Cheema-Grubb adjourned the hearing until Wednesday when she is due to pass sentence.
From BBC ● Mar. 18, 2025
The job of the judge and jury in Saint Omer, the small city in northern France where the trial takes place, is to figure out why Laurence killed Elise and to pass sentence on her.
From New York Times ● Jan. 12, 2023
The court is expected to pass sentence a few days later, with defense lawyers hoping that will happen before Christmas.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 5, 2022
The lower classes now believed that the king would pass sentence of death upon him, and command him to be executed.
From King Eric and the Outlaws, Vol. 1 or, the Throne, the Church, and the People in the Thirteenth Century. Vol. I. by Bernhard Severin Ingemann
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