The word punitive if defined simply basically means "punish". So to take sudden punitive action would be to take sudden disiplinary action essentially.
A "sanction" (usually referred to the loan agreement or loan sanction) is the conditional approval of a given amount to be loaned, the availability of which will expire in some period of time (i.e.,...
Not necessarily, a sanction is another name for a rule that must be followed. This could mean that the license is only valid during certain hours of the day/night (i.e.working hours of driver's job),...
The mean distance is the same as the mean of a set of numbers,but this time, instead of them just being numbers, they're lengths. You just simply add up all the numbers and divide the total length,...