Pragmatic Sanction Definition

noun
A royal decree having the force of law.
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Noun

Singular:
pragmatic sanction
Plural:
pragmatic sanctions

Origin of Pragmatic Sanction

  • 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

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Pragmatic Sanction Sentence Examples

  • His repeated condemnations of the Pragmatic Sanction of Bourges resulted in strained relations with Louis XI.

  • The Church of France was isolated from the papacy by the Pragmatic Sanction of Bourges (1438) only to be exploited and enslaved by royalty.

  • He must restore the French Church to Catholic unity, abolish the pragmatic sanction of Bourges, and bring to a successful close the Lateran council convoked by his predecessor.

  • In 1438 the Pragmatic Sanction of Bourges adopted and put into practice the Basel decrees, and in spite of the incessant protests of the Holy See the Pragmatic was observed throughout the 15th century, even after its nominal abolition by Louis XI.

  • From this period the parlements began the procedure which, after the Pragmatic Sanction of Charles VII., in 1438 took regular shape as the appel comme d'abus (supra; Migne, loc. cit.).

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