legal sanctions
Court-imposed consequences
Legal sanctions are penalties or coercive measures imposed by authorities to enforce compliance with laws.
They range from fines and imprisonment to trade embargoes between nations.
The term covers both punishment for violations and restrictions designed to compel behavior: The company faced legal sanctions for environmental violations.
In international contexts, sanctions often means economic pressure on a country: The UN imposed sanctions on the regime.
- finesMonetary sanctions or particles
- probationSupervised trial period
- suspended sentencePostponed jail penalty
- parole violationBreaking early release terms
- community serviceUnpaid labor benefiting society
house arrest · imprisonment · bail conditions · criminal record · capital punishment · debarment · corporal punishment · plea deal · travel bans · penalty · mandatory minimums · asset forfeiture · frozen assets · warnings · export controls · blacklisting · no-fly list · restraining orders
- criminal justicearrest, jail, court, prison, crime
- censorshipbanned books, censored, banned, book banning, book bans
- Legal conceptshuman rights, civil rights, duty of care, contracts, liability
- punishmentpunishment, prison, jail, execution, hanging
- rehabilitationrehab, physical therapy, occupational therapy, speech therapy, inpatient rehab
- public disturbancesriot, disorderly conduct, brawl, disturbing the peace, breach of peace
legal sanctionssocial pressure
Group influence on behavior
public shaming · social ostracism · peer pressure · social stigma · ostracism
legal sanctionstax breaks
Reductions in owed levies
government subsidies · legal immunity · grants · bounties · commendations
legal sanctionslegal immunity
Protection from prosecution
decriminalization · licensure · legalization · legal exemption · deregulation