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Webster 1913 Edition
Inhibition
Inˊhi-bi′tion
,Noun.
[L.
inhibitio
: cf. F. inhibition
.] 1.
The act of inhibiting, or the state of being inhibited; restraint; prohibition; embargo.
2.
(Physiol.)
A stopping or checking of an already present action; a restraining of the function of an organ, or an agent, as a digestive fluid or enzyme, etc.;
as, the
inhibition
of the respiratory center by the pneumogastric nerve; the inhibition
of reflexes, etc.3.
(Law)
A writ from a higher court forbidding an inferior judge from further proceedings in a cause before; esp., a writ issuing from a higher ecclesiastical court to an inferior one, on appeal.
Cowell.
Webster 1828 Edition
Inhibition
INHIBI'TION
,Noun.
1.
Prohibition; restraint; embargo.2.
In law, a writ to forbid or inhibit a judge from fartherproceedings in a cause depending before him; commonly, a writ issuing from a higher ecclesiastical court to an inferior one, on appeal.