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What does mete out mean?

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  1. To distribute something in portions; to apportion or dole out
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The King is at first inclined to agree with this principle and to mete out to the sororicide the punishment he deserves.
But a commitment to fairness and justice does not require the government or private citizens to mete out identical treatment.
He must be henceforth treated like a moral leper to satisfy our conviction that endless ongoing punishment without mercy is ours to mete out to him forever.
In the final analysis Bill C-15B would give judges the ability to mete out greater sentences and come down hard on those who are convicted.
A commitment to fairness and justice does not require one to mete out identical treatment.
I am glad to say that the courts in my country are independent and still able to mete out justice, even if it is posthumous.

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