Sanction
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary · Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
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; Rutherforth, Inst. bk. 2, c. 6, § 6; Toullier, Dr. Civ. tit. prel. 86; 1 Bl. Comm. 56.