On being initiated every one receives a new name, and thenceforth his or her old name may never be mentioned by anybody under penalty of a heavy fine.
But for some time past, though a semblance of carrying out the old penalty is preserved, the culprit is allowed to escape with his life, but he has to pay a heavy fine.
The same rule was rigidly observed by the Indians of California and Oregon; its transgression might be punished with a heavy fine or even with death.
But if he escapes, the penalty resolves itself into a heavy fine, usually of two or more oxen.
Failure to meet the test meant a heavy fine or perhaps expulsion from the guild.
The man who shrank back when the hour of trial arrived was considered a coward and was punished with a heavy fine.
The owner of a vicious ox which has gored a man must pay a heavy fine, provided he knew the disposition of the animal and had not blunted its horns.
But that Winceslaus should have exacted a heavy fine or loan or gratuity--call it what you will--from the man who had realised for him his heart's desire was conduct more questionable.
By Duke Cosimo's recent enactment, such an occurrence was counted as a criminal offence, which required purgation by the payment of a heavy fine, failure to pay being punished by sentence of death.
Again Panciatichi was condemned to a heavy fine, with the capital sentence in contumacia, by the Otto di Guardia e Balia.
And the purport of it was, that on pain of a heavy fine or escheatment, I would hold myself ready and present, to give evidence when called upon.
For he and his partners when fully-assured of the value of their diggings, had obtained from the Crown a licence to adventure in search of minerals, by payment of a heavy fine and a yearly royalty.
The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "heavy fine" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.
