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Webster 1913 Edition
Prohibition
Proˊhi-bi′tion
,Noun.
[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.
☞ By ellipsis, prohibition is used for the writ itself.
Webster 1828 Edition
Prohibition
PROHIBI'TION
,Noun.
1.
The act of forbidding or interdicting; a declaration to hinder some action; interdict. The law of God in the ten commandments consists mostly of prohibitions; 'thou shalt not do such a thing.'
2.
In law, a writ of prohibition, is a writ issuing from a superior tribunal, directed to the judges of an inferior court, commanding them to cease from the prosecution of a suit. By ellipsis, prohibition is used for the writ itself.Definition 2024
Prohibition
Prohibition
See also: prohibition
English
Proper noun
Prohibition
- (historical) any of several periods during which the manufacture, transportation, import, export, and sale of alcoholic beverages were restricted or illegal
Translations
period
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German
Noun
Prohibition f (genitive Prohibition, plural Prohibitionen)
- prohibition of alcohol / drugs
- (historical) Prohibition
prohibition
prohibition
See also: Prohibition
English
Noun
prohibition (countable and uncountable, plural prohibitions)
- An act of prohibiting, forbidding, disallowing, or proscribing something.
- A law prohibiting the manufacture or sale of alcohol.
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Translations
act of prohibiting
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law that prohibits something
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French
Etymology
First attested in Old French, borrowing from Latin prohibitiō
Noun
prohibition f (plural prohibitions)
- prohibition
- (specifically) prohibition of alcohol