imposition of a penalty
1penalty — pen·al·ty / pen əl tē/ n pl ties 1: a punishment that is imposed on a wrongdoer by statute or judicial decision 2: a pecuniary sum that by agreement is to be paid by a party who fails to fulfill an obligation to another and that is punitive… …
2imposition — I (excessive burden) noun encroachment, encumbrance, excessive demand, extraordinarily burdensome requirement, hindrance, impediment, infliction, infringement, interference, onus, unjust burden, unjust requirement II (tax) noun charge, duty,… …
3imposition — n 1. infliction, laying on, application, superposition, charging, burdening, loading, placement; levying, assessment, prescription, enactment. 2. charge, task, burden, duty; tax, load, onus, encumbrance; requirement, injunction, ultimatum; impost …
4penalty — Synonyms and related words: abatement, acquittal, agio, allowance, amercement, bank discount, breakage, burden, burthen, cargo, cash discount, castigation, chain discount, charge, charge off, chastening, chastisement, concession, condemnation,… …
5penalty — In the broad sense of the term, the consequences visited by law upon the heads of those who violate the law, particularly provisions of the criminal law and police regulations. A punishment for the nonperformance of an act or for the performance… …
6penalty for nonpayment of taxes — A penalty, often in the form of imposition of interest charges, on the amount in which a taxpayer is delinquent in payment. 51 Am J1st Tax § 970 …
7imposition — Synonyms and related words: Intertype, Linotype, Monotype, application, applying, assessment, assumption, atrocity, ballot box stuffing, blackmail, bunco, burden, burthen, call, call for, cardsharping, cargo, cess, charge, cheat, cheating, claim …
8Capital Punishment (Death Penalty) — Capital Punishment † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Capital Punishment The infliction by due legal process of the penalty of death as a punishment for crime. The Latins use the word capitalis (from caput, head) to describe that which… …
9death penalty — n: death as punishment for a crime – called also capital punishment; see also cruel and unusual punishment; gregg v. georgia in the important cases section ◇ The U.S. Supreme Court has held that the death penalty is not inherently violative of… …
10Arthur Goldberg — Infobox Judge name = Arthur Goldberg imagesize = caption = office = Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court termstart = October 1 1962 termend = July 25 1965 nominator = John F. Kennedy appointer = predecessor = Felix Frankfurter… …
