Sanctions are penalties or other means of enforcement used to provide incentives for obedience with the law, or with rules and regulations.
Sanction
(n) Sanction is the fine or penalty imposed by a judge on a party or on his attorney for violating the orders issued by the court or for violating the rules prevalent there.
Sanctions: Court-ordered punishment.
Separate Maintenance: An action filed for support between two spouses not living together even though the spouse's are not actively seeking a divorce.
Employer Sanctions - The employer sanctions provision of the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986 prohibits employers from hiring, recruiting, or referring for a fee aliens known to be unauthorized to work in the United States.
Sanction This is a very unusual word with two contradictory meanings. To "sanction" can mean to ratify or to approve but it can also mean to punish.
Sanction
A word with two contradictory meanings. To "sanction" can mean to ratify or to approve but it can also mean to punish. The "sanction" of a crime refers to the actual punishment, usually expressed as a fine or jail term.
sanction
n. 1) a financial penalty imposed by a judge on a party or attorney for violation of a court rule, for receiving a special waiver of a rule, or as a fine for contempt of court.
SANCTION. That part of a law which inflicts a penalty for its violation, or bestows a reward for its observance.
sanction: a penalty or punishment provided as a means of enforcing obedience to a law, rule or code; also, an authorization
satisfaction: Discharge of a legal obligation, as in a "Satisfaction of Judgment." ...
Sanction
To order punishment or penalties for violation of a rule of law or procedure, or the penalty for such violation.
Satisfaction
A document evidencing release or discharge of an obligation such as a mortgage.
sanction An odd term because it has opposite meanings; (1) as a verb, it means to approve or concur with; e.g., her employer sanctioned her conduct; (2) as a noun, it means a penalty or punishment imposed because of disapproval; e.g.
sanction: (1) To concur, confirm, or ratify. (2) A penalty or punishment intended to make someone obey the law.
satisfaction: Payment of a judgment amount by the losing party.
sanction
A penalty or punishment imposed on someone found guilty of an offence.
secondary victim ...
Term: Sanction
Definition: To order punishment or penalties for violation of a rule of law or procedure, or the penalty for such violation.
sanction - A hearing on a criminal defendant's motion to prohibit the prosecutor's use of evidence alleged to have been obtained in violation of the defendant's rights.
s sanctionA penalty to enforce an order.
sealingThe closure of courts records to inspection, except to the parties.
slanderslander is defaming another orally. Libel is writing it down.
Sanctions When one side or the other violates the rules or acts with bad faith toward the court or another party, ...
Alternative Sanctions: Criminal punishment that is less restrictive than incarceration.
Civil Infraction Sanction - The penalty imposed upon a person found responsible for a civil infraction; such as the assessment of fine and costs, mandatory attendance at a corrective program such as a driver’s training program, ...
Expanded Legal Definition of SadismSanction To sanction can mean to ratify or to approve but it can also mean to punish. The sanction of a crime refers to the actual punishment, usually expressed as a fine or jail term.
Sanction: To ratify, to approve or to punish.
Scienter: (Latin: knowledge) Common law rule that the owner of a vicious dog must keep it secure.
The objects of such companies nearly always involve an interference with the rights of private persons, often necessitate the commission of a public nuisance, and require therefore the sanction of the legislature.
The custom of ransoming was formerly sanctioned by law. Soldiers, given the right to kill or enslave their prisoners, frequently preferred to free them after receiving payment.
(Id. at 927.) Recovery also has been sanctioned for emotional distress which could be said naturally to ensue from an act which invaded an interest protected by an established tort. (See, Sloane v. Southern Cal. Ry. Co., supra, 111 Cal.
The Japanese Vice Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry, Takao Kitabata, says Japan has enough petroleum reserves to prevent an oil crisis if economic sanctions are imposed on Iran over its nuclear program.
Supreme Court that sanctioned the segregation of individuals by race in separate but equal facilities but that was invalidated as unconstitutional
see also Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka and Plessy v. Ferguson in the Important Cases section ...
In accordance with the law of the land; according to the law; permitted, sanctioned, or justified by law.
Approval: The act of agreeing and sanctioning.
Arbitration: The submission by two contesting parties of their disagreement to an impartial arbitrator, usually agreeing that his ruling in the dispute will be binding and final.
If the opposition either refuses to produce some documents or appears to hold back, the party wanting to see the documents can bring a "motion to produce" requesting a court order to produce and a penalty (sanctions) to be paid for failure to honor ...
Unofficial publications, which have not been so sanctioned, often have additional research aids to help the user. For example, the Supreme Court Reporter is an unofficial version of U.S. Supreme Court opinions while the U.S.
Consent Judgment: The provisions and terms of the judgment are agreed on by the parties and submitted to the Court for its sanction and approval.
title [Anglo-French, inscription, legal right, from Old French, from Latin titulum inscription, chapter heading, part of the law that sanctions an action] 1 a : the means or right by which one owns or ...
Disrespectful comments to the judge or a failure to heed a judge's orders could be considered contempt of court. A person found in contempt of court can face financial sanctions and, in some cases, jail time.
is no dispute as to the facts of the case and one party is entitled to a judgment as a matter of law. Consent judgment occurs when the provisions and terms of the judgment are agreed on by the parties and submitted to the court for its sanction and ...
Some of these are also referred to as extrajudicial measures or sanctions.Division of PropertyIn family law cases, the division of assets and liabilities between parties after separation or death.
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