Ramifications?! What in the name of Merlin did that mean?

Breached--that was a familiar word, though, so Sierra was able to put two and two together and figure out that the professor was asking what would happen if someone broke a Statute rule or something.

Up went her hand. "The Ministry of Magic deals with people who break the Statute. There's different punishments based on, I guess, exactly what rule you break," she explained. "Someone mentioned Harry Potter using a spell in front of his muggle cousin. He had to go in front of the Wizengamot for that."