court-imposed fines
Judge-ordered monetary penalties
Court-imposed fines are monetary penalties ordered by a judge as punishment for criminal offenses or civil violations.
Unlike fees or restitution, fines go to the government rather than victims.
They may be set amounts or calculated based on the offense's severity and the defendant's ability to pay: The court-imposed fines totaled over ten thousand dollars.
- deterrencePrevention via threatened consequences
- debtors prisonJail for those owing money
- retributionPunishment for wrongdoing
- garnishmentCourt-ordered debt collection
- judicial discretionJudge's decision-making freedom
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