sentence

The decision or judgement of a jury or court; a verdict.

"The court returned a sentence of guilt in the first charge, but innocence in the second."

The judicial order for a punishment to be imposed on a person convicted of a crime.

"The judge declared a sentence of death by hanging for the infamous cattle rustler."

A punishment imposed on a person convicted of a crime.

To declare a sentence on a convicted person; to doom; to condemn to punishment.

"The judge sentenced the embezzler to ten years in prison, along with a hefty fine."

To decree or announce as a sentence.

To utter sententiously.