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Prohibition

Prohibition Meaning & Definition
Prohibition Definition And Meaning

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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