Sanctio
Defined in 3 dictionaries — Ballentine's (1916), Black's (1910), Stimson (1881)
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
Sanction; that part of a statute which prescribed a penalty for its violation.
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
Lat In the civll law. That part of a law by which a penalty was ordained against those who should violate It. lnst. 2, 1, 10.
Glossary of Technical Terms, Phrases, and Maxims of the Common Law
Frederic Jesup Stimson · 1881
I. A sanction; the part of laws prescribing a reward or penalty. Sanctio juata, jubens honesta et prohibens contraria: a just sanction, authorizing what is right and forbidding what is not.