Anyone who had not received permission to eat meat at this time was supposed to be subject to legal punishment from state authorities.

Instead of suffering the legal punishment, one can escape it by private atonement.

Serious legal punishments for abuse were not instituted until 1974.

Physicians who prescribe such medications will not face legal punishment.

Kron, like many other rich people, has the ability to simply purchase his way out of any legal punishment and does so.

Enslavement into prostitution was sometimes used as a legal punishment against criminal free women.

There was nothing in the book of legal punishments that would fit the crime.

For some, Robbins's homosexuality and fear of legal punishment was said to be his incentive to name names.

John did not care to attempt anything which would expose him, if discovered, to a legal punishment.

Even for simple possession, legal punishment can be quite severe (including the death penalty in some countries).