Sanction vs Requisition - What's the difference?
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An approval, by an authority, generally one that makes something valid.
A penalty, or some coercive measure, intended to ensure compliance; especially one adopted by several nations, or by an international body.
A law, treaty, or contract, or a clause within a law, treaty, or contract, specifying the above.
To ratify; to make valid.
To give official authorization or approval to; to countenance.
* 1946 , (Bertrand Russell), History of Western Philosophy , I.21:
To penalize (a State etc.) with sanctions.
A formal request for something.
# A formal demand made by one state or government upon another for the surrender or extradition of a fugitive from justice.
# (legal) A notarial demand for repayment of a debt.
# (military) A demand by the invader upon the people of an invaded country for supplies, as of provision, forage, transportation, etc.
# A formal application by one officer to another for things needed in the public service.
That which is required by authority; especially, a quota of supplies or necessaries.
A call; an invitation; a summons.
In transitive terms the difference between sanction and requisition
is that sanction is to penalize (a State etc.) with sanctions while requisition is to demand something, especially for a military need of staff, supplies, or transport.sanction
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Noun
(en noun)Verb
(en verb)- Many of the most earnest Protestants were business men, to whom lending money at interest was essential. Consequently first Calvin, and then other Protestant divines, sanctioned interest.
requisition
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Noun
(en noun)- (Kent)
- (Wharton)
- (Farrow)
- a requisition for clothing, troops, or money
- a requisition for a public meeting