Sanctions
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Sanctions, plural of sanction, permission depending on context; contronym; may also refer to:
Involving countries:
In other uses:
Involving countries:
- Economic sanctionsEconomic sanctionsEconomic sanctions are domestic penalties applied by one country on another for a variety of reasons. Economic sanctions include, but are not limited to, tariffs, trade barriers, import duties, and import or export quotas...
, typically a ban on trade, possibly limited to certain sectors such as armaments, or with certain exceptions (such as food and medicine). - Trade sanctions, a type of economic sanction applied for non-political reasons, typically as part of a trade dispute, or for purely economic reasons, and typically involving tariffs or similar measures, rather than bans
- International sanctionsInternational sanctionsInternational sanctions are actions taken by countries against others for political reasons, either unilaterally or multilaterally.There are several types of sanctions....
, coercive measures adopted by a country or group of countries against another state or individual(s) in order to elicit a change in their behavior. - Pragmatic sanctionPragmatic sanctionA pragmatic sanction is a sovereign's solemn decree on a matter of primary importance and has the force of fundamental law. In the late history of the Holy Roman Empire it referred more specifically to an edict issued by the Emperor....
, historically, a sovereign's solemn decree on a matter of primary importance and has the force of fundamental law.
In other uses:
- Sanctions (law)Sanctions (law)Sanctions are penalties or other means of enforcement used to provide incentives for obedience with the law, or with rules and regulations. Criminal sanctions can take the form of serious punishment, such as corporal or capital punishment, incarceration, or severe fines...
, penalties imposed by courts - Sanctions, mechanisms of social controlSocial controlSocial control refers generally to societal and political mechanisms or processes that regulate individual and group behavior, leading to conformity and compliance to the rules of a given society, state, or social group. Many mechanisms of social control are cross-cultural, if only in the control...
- A sanctioned nameSanctioned nameIn mycology, a sanctioned name is a name that was adopted in certain works of Christiaan Hendrik Persoon or Elias Magnus Fries, which are considered major points in fungal taxonomy.-Definition and effects:...
is a special name in mycology