Johannes Hartlieb in 1456 reports a popular superstition on how to identify a thief by an ordeal by ingestion practiced privately without judicial sanction.

Company heads who flout the law are liable to both judicial and administrative sanctions.

This comment earned equal parts silence and snickers, but as soon as Mr. Redington touched on the subject of "judicial sanctions" the din went down.

In reducing the bond ratings, Moody's expressed particular concern over the criminal charges Salomon could face and the judicial and regulatory sanctions that could result.

She emphasizes that in these fundamental matters, individual choice without legislative or judicial sanction should be inviolate.

Other judges have escaped judicial sanction but may be glad there is no appeal to panels of literary critics.

After spending an additional 36 hours in transport cages in Idaho and in their holding pens in Yellowstone, the wolves were finally released following official judicial sanction.

Such behavior may result in judicial sanctions, but private citizens can't file lawsuits against opposing lawyers who are "simply doing their job."

But there is a limit to achieving justice through this judicial sanction.

"This court action was never an attack on ISPs, but we do need their cooperation to deal with the Newzbin site, which continually tries to evade the law and judicial sanction."