Because of their work, the governor of Illinois imposed a moratorium on executions in the state.

A detention order may be for as long as one year, but governors can impose new orders to prolong detentions.

Like Congress and President Clinton, the governors would impose a five-year limit on payment of Federal welfare benefits to any family.

In the 1270s, governor William de Percy blocked the main road into Scarborough and imposed illegal tolls.

Maryland's governor imposed a moratorium in 2003 but his successor lifted it.

In Maryland and Illinois, governors imposed them while studying the fairness of capital justice.

No, the governor couldn't impose a platform on an unwilling electorate.

Two years earlier, the governor had imposed the Reglamento del Jornalero, which promoted a more ample labor base by reducing the amount of unemployed citizens.

On a night in 1636, a group of local people, angered by the taxes that the Spanish governor had imposed, successfully attacked the fort and demolished it.

"Sounds great," he said of the $10,000 limit the governor has imposed on himself.