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prohibition |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Prohibition \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 From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: prohibition n 1: a law forbidding the sale of alcoholic beverages; "in 1920 the 18th amendment to the Constitution established prohibition in the US" 2: a decree that prohibits something [syn: {ban}, {interdiction}, {proscription}] 3: the period from 1920 to 1933 when the sale of alcoholic beverages was prohibited in the United States by a constitutional amendment [syn: {prohibition era}] 4: refusal to approve or assent to
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