Meanings of utmost rigour in English

In Santa Ana's time the utmost rigour of the law prevailed.

The prisoners were then taken to a cell and searched with the utmost rigour.

All these sentences were carried out with the utmost rigour.

These regulations were enforced with the utmost rigour during my stay at this camp.

The ministers resolved to visit Wilkes's offence against decorum with the utmost rigour of the law.

This edict was executed with the utmost rigour.

But all his efforts failed to save the young men from the utmost rigour of the law.

Though I suppose I am so bad and worthless that I deserve the utmost rigour of lecturing!

Afterwards they were tried in the town in due course, and punished with the utmost rigour of the law.

Tithes take place in all of them, and are levied with the utmost rigour in those of Spain and Portugal.

The bakers were treated with the utmost rigour in order to keep up the price of bread all over France.

But for Bob, he gave him to understand, he, Mike, would have been prosecuted with the utmost rigour of the law.

His successor, Rochambeau, in spite of strong reinforcements of troops from France and a policy of the utmost rigour, succeeded no better.

To increase the confusion, Archbishop Laud insisted on conformity, and persecuted all who refused obedience to his mandates with the utmost rigour.

Immediately he drew together several legions, and auxiliary forces from all quarters, and made every where new levies with the utmost rigour.

Unfortunately, I must judge the case from the nature of the testimony, with impartiality and even to the utmost rigour of the law.