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Fr. Without impeachment of waste. Litt f 152. See ABSQUE IMPETITIONE VASTI. … [Read more...] about SANS IMPEACHMENT DE WAST

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. In the original sense of the word, a "sanction" is a penalty or punishment provided aa a means of enforcing obedience to a law. In … [Read more...] about SANCTION

Fr. Without day; sine die. … [Read more...] about SANS JOUR

A place of refuge, where the process of the law cannot be executed. 2. Sanctuaries may be divided into religious and civil. The former were very common in Europe; religious houses affording protection from arrest to all persons, whether accused of crime, or pursued for debt. This kind was never known in the United States. 3. Civil sanctuary, or that protection which is afforded … [Read more...] about SANCTUARY

Fr. A term used in relation to the right of putting animals on a common. The term "common sans nombre" does not mean that the beasts are to be innumerable, but only indefinite; not certain. Willes, 227. … [Read more...] about SANS NOMBRE