Pragmatic Sanction
Black's Law Dictionary · Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
Black's Law Dictionary
In French la-w. An expression used to designate those ordinances which concern the most important objects of the civll or ecclesiastical administration. Merl. RApert. In the civil law. The answer given by the emperors on questions of law, when con-suited by a corporation or the citizens of a province or of a municipality, was called a "pragmatic sanction."
Lee, EL Dr. Roin. § 53.