Sanction
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia · John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
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.
1 Hoffm. Leg. Outl. 279; Ruth. Inst. b. 2, c. 6, s. 6; Toull. tit. pr£l. 86; 1 Bla. Com. 56.
See Law.
See Law.