sanction Copy link Outline 1. auctōrĭtas2. only in abl., jussu, injussu (with or without the s. of ...)3. confirmātio, etc. • sanction: 1. auctōrĭtas: v. authority. 2. only in abl., jussu, injussu (with or without the s. of ...): the Roman people cannot be bound by any treaty without its own s., P. R. injussu suo nullo pacto potest obligari, Cic. Bal. 15, 34: Caes.: Liv. So also, permissu (with the s. of ...): v. permission. 3. confirmātio, etc.: v. ratification. (N.B.--Not sanctio, which = formal enactment.)