Sanction
Sanc´tion
SANCTION. 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; Just. Ins. lib. 2,
t. 1, Sec. 10; Ruthf. Inst. b. 2, c. 6, s. 6; Toull. tit. prel. 86; Ferguss.
Inst. of Mor. Phil. p. 4, c. 3, s. 13, and p. 6, c. 1, et seq; 1 Bl. Com.
56.
John Hancock,
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