What is PRAGMATIC SANCTION

In French law . An expression used to designate those ordinances which concern the most important objects of the civil or ecclesiastical ad- ministration. Merl. Repert In the civil law . The answer given by the emperors on questions of law, when con- sulted by a corporation or the citizens of a province or of a municipality , was called a ” pragmatic sanction .” Lec. El. Dr. Rom. I 53.