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hand down

verb

  1. to leave to a later period or generation; bequeath
  2. to pass (an outgrown garment) on from one member of a family to a younger one
  3. law to announce or deliver (a verdict)
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Those convictions, handed down with the death penalty in 2009, were reversed Thursday in the court’s sweeping decision.

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He also criticised the insults that the judges have received since handing down the sentence on Monday, as did Le Pen, who said any threats to magistrates were "unacceptable".

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The order handed down by a Tokyo district court will strip the church of its tax-exempt status and require it to liquidate its assets, but it will still be allowed to operate in Japan.

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Last September, hundreds of people gathered at a court in Shizuoka, a city on Japan's south coast, where a judge handed down the acquittal - to loud cheers of "banzai", or "hurray" in Japanese.

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Reeves has committed against raising taxes or government budgets in her Spring Statement, due to be handed down next week - constrained by strict spending rules she set within the October Budget.

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