Sanction

That part of a law which inflicts a penalty for its violation, or bestows a reward for its observance. Sanctions are of two kinds, those which redress civil injuries, called civil sanctions; and those which punish crimes, called penal sanctions.

This entry contains material from Bouvier's Legal Dictionary, a work published in the 1850's.

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To sanction can mean to ratify or to approve but it can also mean to punish. The sanction of a crime refers to the actual punishment, usually expressed as a fine or jail term. - (read more on Sanction)

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To approve, to reward or punish; a consequence of punishment forviolation of accepted norms of social conduct, which may be of two kinds: thosethat redress civil injuries (civil sanctions) and those that punish crimes(penal sanctions).

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