There's a penalty clause.

这是惩罚条款。

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A penalty clause was written into the contract.

在合同中写入了一项罚款条款。

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The penalty clause entitled the plaintiff, in the event of default in payment, to extract a pound of flesh nearest the defendant's heart.

合同的惩罚条款，授权原告在发生履行迟延(default)的情况下，从被告心脏附近割下一磅肉来。

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That clarity likewise characterizes two separate decisions by conservative federal appellate judges Laurence Silberman and Jeffrey Sutton who upheld the individual mandate as a penalty under the Commerce Clause.

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But leaving academic jaws agape, the majority capitalized on a marginal, throw-it-at-the-wall-and-see-if-it-sticks Government argument that the penalty for failure to comply with the mandate was not a penalty at all rather, a tax within the power of the Taxing Clause (as well as the Sixteenth Amendment, a further flimsy stretch).

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Last month, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit was the first appellate court to reach a decision on whether the Commerce Clause authorizes Congress to force private citizens to purchase healthcare insurance under penalty of federal law.

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