penalty clause

基本解釋

Penalty clause is also very important.
違約責任條款也很重要。
If it weren’t for the penalty clause, the case would have been open and shut.
如果沒有處罰條款，這個案件將會迅速了結。
The penalty clause entitled the plaintiff, in the event of default in payment, to extract a pound of flesh nearest the defendant’s heart.
合同的懲罰條款，授權原告在發(fā)生履行遲延（default）的情況下，從被告心臟附近割下一磅肉來。

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