a set of words that is complete in itself, typically containing a subject and predicate, conveying a statement, question, exclamation, or command, and consisting of a main clause and sometimes one or more subordinate clauses
the punishment assigned to a defendant found guilty by a court, or fixed by law for a particular offence
her husband is serving a three-year sentence for fraud
slander of an official carried an eight-year prison sentence
he was under sentence of death
declare the punishment decided for (an offender)
ten army officers were sentenced to life imprisonment