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Sanctions are official penalties for cause. For example, the [[United Nations]] may impose "sanctions" on a member nation, or an organization may impose "sanctions" one of its members for reflecting poorly on the organization.
== Legally ==
At law, "sanctions" are penalties imposed by a judge on one of the parties to a suit, at the recommendation of [[opposing counsel]]. They can be used for abuses of [[discovery]] or other abuses of law at trial, such as [[contempt]] of court, or tardiness.
Depending on the issuing judge, the bar for sanctions may be high, or low. Some judges take them very seriously; others use them fairly at will. Like much in law, it depends on the judge.
== Legally ==
At law, "sanctions" are penalties imposed by a judge on one of the parties to a suit, at the recommendation of [[opposing counsel]]. They can be used for abuses of [[discovery]] or other abuses of law at trial, such as [[contempt]] of court, or tardiness.
Depending on the issuing judge, the bar for sanctions may be high, or low. Some judges take them very seriously; others use them fairly at will. Like much in law, it depends on the judge.