Legal Definition and Related Resources of Sanction

To concur , confirm, consent to, assent , ratify. A penalty or punishment provided as a means of enforcing obedience to a law.

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 Hoflfm. Leg. Outl. 279; Rutherforth, Inst. bk. 2, c. 6, §6; TouUier, Dr. Civ. tit. prel. 86; 1 Bl. Comm. 56.

(Permission), noun

• acceptance
• acquiescence
• affirmance
• affirmation
• agreement
• allowance
• approbation
• approval
• assent
• auctoritas
• authorization
• charter
• confirmatio
• consent
• cooperation
• countenance
• empowerment
• encouragement
• endorsement
• favor
• grant
• homologation
• immunity
• indulgence
• legality
• license
• permission
• permit
• ratification
• seal
• stamp of approval
• subscription
• sufferance
• support
• tolerance
• toleration
• validation
• vouchsafement
• willingnessforeign phrases: Multa concedunturper obliquum quae non conceduntur de directo
• Many things are allowed indirectly which are not allowed directly

(Punishment), noun

• condemnation
• denunciation
• deprivation
• disciplinary action
• discipline
• imposition
• infliction
• penal retribution
• penalty
• retributive action
• suffering

verb

• accede
• accept
• acquiesce
• agree to
• allow
• approbate
• approve
• assent to
• authenticate
• authorize
• charter
• confer a privilege
• conferaright
• conjirmare
• consentto
• countenance
• empower
• enable
• endorse
• entitle
• foster
• give approval
• give permission
• go along with
• grant
• gratify
• homologate
• indulge
• legitimate
• legitimatize
• legitimize
• license
• permit
• privilege
• promote
• ratify
• ratum facere
• sancire
• stana behind
• subscribe to
• suffer
• support
• tolerate
• uphold
• validate
• vouchsafe
• Associated Concepts: civil sanctions
• criminal sanctions
• penal sanctions

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English Spanish Translation of Sanction

To sanction: Sancionar (Legislativo, con aprobación de las 2 cámaras)

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Sanction in Law Enforcement

Main Entry: Law Enforcement in the Legal Dictionary. This section provides, in the context of Law Enforcement, a partial definition of sanction.

Grammar

This term is a noun.

Etimology of Sanction

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early 15c., “confirmation or enactment of a law,” from Latin sanctionem (nominative sanctio) “act of decreeing or ordaining,” also “decree, ordinance,” noun of action from past participle stem of sancire “to decree, confirm, ratify, make sacred” (see saint; this term is also a noun.). Originally especially of ecclesiastical decrees.

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Legal English Vocabulary: Sanction in Spanish

Online translation of the English legal term sanction into Spanish: sanción (English to Spanish translation) . More about legal dictionary from english to spanish online.

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• Law Enforcement Officer
• Police
• Law Enforcement Agency

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• sanction in A Dictionary of Law Enforcement (Oxford University Press)
• sanction in the Encyclopedia of Law Enforcement
• A Treatise on the Police of the Metropolis

Definition of Sanction

The Canada social science dictionary [1] provides the following meaning of Sanction: A positive or negative response by an individual or group to behaviour and designed to encourage or discourage that behaviour. Positive sanction would include rewards, compliments, applause, or smiles, while negative sanctions would include punishments, frowns, avoidance, or gossip. Sanctions can be informal (coming from friends and neighbors) or formal (coming from authorized institutions like the police, the government, the school), and must be seen as forms of social control.

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• Drislane, R., & Parkinson, G. (2016). (Concept of) Sanction. Online dictionary of the social sciences. Open University of Canada

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