Further statement of the physical powers of the authorities appears in the statement that "notwithstanding ye pecuniary Mulcts, it shall be lawful for ye President, Tutors or Professors to punish ...

Most of the misdemeanors of the early 1700's were punishable by fines, or mulcts, such as: Tardiness to prayers or lecture.... Expulsion was not merely a matter of telling a student to get out ...

Mecca, one of the two capitals of the Land of Saud, is a Moslem “show place” of only 60.000 which receives and scandalously mulcts each year some 70,000 pious pilgrims. Cultured Arabians ...