The Jewish community had its own magistrates, comprising two presidents and twenty representatives ('regidoros'), who drew up new statutes, inflicted penalties, excluded from membership in the community, and pronounced the ban.

In 1737 he took a conspicuous part in opposing the bill inflicting penalties upon the city of Edinburgh for the Porteous Riots.

From the beginning of their possession, they started to inflict hard penalties on the people who had guns, and the officers declared that their possession was permanent.

He never seems to favor one side of inmates in any war and is quick to inflict penalties upon the gang's leaders.

As a goddess, Ishara could inflict severe bodily penalties to oathbreakers, in particular ascites (see Hittite military oath).

The government responded to the unrest with a series of decrees which curtailed trade union rights and inflicted severe penalties on those convicted of disrupting key industries.

Yes; our comrades would inflict pretty sweeping penalties for the loss of an Air Attache and a Staff-Colonel.

We feel, however, that the legal problem is not that simple, and that inflicting such penalties on Member States is excessive.

Despite the treaty, Henry set about inflicting severe penalties on the barons who had stood against him during the invasion.

We can't just inflict heavy penalties, however, as that drives the whole business underground, as in the Mediterranean countries.