Sentences with phrase «severe penalties upon»

A criminal homicide has severe penalties upon conviction.

The repugnance to racial intermarriage in a race - conscious society is a consequence of existing social divisions, which impose severe penalties upon persons who fail to respect them.

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Yet perhaps this may seem to be altogether too severe a judgement mainly because of the penalties which follow upon excommunication: for the Canon prescribes that a cleric is to be degraded and that a layman is to be handed over to the power of the secular courts, who are admonished to punish him as his offence deserves.

This is equivalent to hiding them in the eyes of the court, so attempting to shelter assets from a property distribution upon divorce will result in severe penalties if discovered.