The tax was originally imposed to help pay for a proposed environmental bond issue that the voters subsequently rejected, yet the tax was left standing.

The City Tax was originally imposed on real estate and businesses, but during the 19th century it evolved into a property tax.

It has no effect upon the underlying conviction and does not necessarily reflect upon the fairness of the sentence originally imposed.

The embargo was originally imposed on all of the former Yugoslavia in 1991.

The 7-year sentence originally imposed was adjudged to be excessive and reduced to three and a half.

You will be regulated by a range of conditions that were originally imposed through waste management or waste disposal licences.

Since these regulations were originally imposed by various international aviation agencies, ultra-low-power devices, such as picocells, have been developed.

Resolution 1483 removed nearly 13 years of economic sanctions originally imposed after Iraq's 1990 invasion of Kuwait.

But other experts said it was more likely to reduce the amount of the fine originally imposed.

The tax, originally imposed to finance the Safe Streets program, would be dedicated to safe schools instead.