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.
&fist; By ellipsis, prohibition is used for the writ
itself.
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