About The Word Prohibition
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Prohibition
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What's The Definition Of Prohibition?
[n] the action of prohibiting or inhibiting or forbidding (or an instance thereof); "they were restrained by a prohibition in their charter"; "a medical inhibition of alcoholic beverages"; "he ignored his parents' forbiddance"
[n] a law forbidding the sale of alcoholic beverages; "in 1920 the 18th amendment to the Constitution established prohibition in the US" [n] a decree that prohibits something [n] refusal to approve or assent to [n] the period from 1920 to 1933 when the sale of alcoholic beverages was prohibited in the United States by a constitutional amendment Synonyms | Synonyms for Prohibition: ban | forbiddance | inhibition | interdiction | prohibition era | proscription Related Terms | Find terms related to Prohibition: See Also | action | banning | banning-order | cease and desist order | decree | edict | enjoining | enjoinment | fiat | forbiddance | forbidding | injunction | law | order | period | period of time | refusal | rescript | time period Prohibition In Webster's Dictionary \Pro`hi*bi"tion\, n. [L. prohibitio: cf. F.
prohibition.]
1. The act of prohibiting; a declaration or injunction
forbidding some action; interdict.
The law of God, in the ten commandments, consists
mostly of prohibitions. --Tillotson.
2. Specifically, the forbidding by law of the sale of
alcoholic liquors as beverages.
{Writ of prohibition} (Law), a writ issued by a superior
tribunal, directed to an inferior court, commanding the
latter to cease from the prosecution of a suit depending
before it. --Blackstone.
Note: By ellipsis, prohibition is used for the writ itself.
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