Sanctions in the legal sphere are usually defined as measures that can be taken to a person violating laws or other regulations, or in other words are means of enforcement used to provide incentives for obedience to the law.
One should also divide the sanctions by the nature of their origin - it could be either sanctions established by a governing body for violation of its internal rules (regulations), or sanctions established by parties of a contract for non-compliance with their respective obligations deriving from that contract. In the first meaning the sanctions have a completely disciplinary nature while in the second sense these sanctions are usually named as contractual penalties.
However, regarding the definition of sanctions in the disciplinary proceedings in front of FIFA and UEFA is a little different. Although the FIFA Disciplinary Code (FIFA DC) does not characterise sanctions, Article 1 of FIFA DC states:
“This code...
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