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Sanctions (law) For other uses, see Sanctions. Sanctions, in law and legal definition, 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.
Sanctions are penalties or rewards for conduct concerning a social norm. Formal - would be a jail sentence or promotion- typically comes from an authority informal would be a smile or compliment or bullying/humiliation.- these are not laws or rules- so an example would be someone talking to themselves, its not illegal, but the people giving him dirty looks or out right mocking him would be imposing informal sanctions.