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 Foster heard a psychiatric report had been provided to the court by Irwin's legal team but announced she would not pass sentence immediately.
From BBC • Nov. 22, 2024
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
Yet his first words were a confession of doubt, of that same inability to pierce the depths of the thing and pass sentence which exasperated us all vaguely.
From Caybigan by Hopper, James
