See Also: sanction(1)(dictionary)
sanction(2)(dictionary)
SANCTION(law)
Pragmatic Sanction(encyclopedia)
sanction 1, noun(dictionary)
sanction 2, verb(dictionary)
Pragmatic Sanction of Bourges(encyclopedia)
PRAGMATIC SANCTION, French law(law)

sanction(2) (iou)



sanction verb trans. L18.
[from the noun.]
Ratify; make legal, valid, or binding. L18.
Give official permission for, authorize; loosely encourage, give approval of, agree to. L18.
E. F. Benson Plays which the censor would not sanction for the London stage. M. L. King A weary world, pleading..for peace, has often found the church morally sanctioning war.
Enforce (a law, legal obligation, etc.) by attaching a penalty to transgression. E19.
Impose sanctions on (a person), penalize. M20.
sanctionable adjective L19.
sanctioned ppl adjective allowed by authority; Law (of a right) defined or created by a sanction antecedently to any wrong: L18.
sanctioner noun a person who sanctions something M19.
sanctionment noun (rare) the action of sanctioning something E19.