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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.