pragmaticsanction

pragmaticsanction
pragmatic sanction n.
An edict or decree issued by a sovereign that becomes part of the fundamental law of the land.
  [Translation of Late Latin prāgmatica sānctiō, imperial decree referring to the affairs of a community : Latin prāgmatica, feminine of prāgmaticus, referring to civil affairs + Latin sānctiō, ordinance.]

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Universalium. 2010.

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