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Prohibition - Dictionary Definition and Overview |
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Prohibition : (noun)
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, 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
5: 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" [syn: inhibition,
forbiddance]
Based on WordNet 2.0
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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.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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PROHIBITION, practice. The name of a writ issued by a superior court,
directed to the judge and parties of a suit in an inferior court, commanding
them to cease from the prosecution of the same, upon a suggestion that the
cause originally, or some collateral matter arising therein, does not belong
to that jurisdiction, but to the cognizance of some other court. 3 Bl. Com.
112; Com. Dig. h.t.; Bac. Ab. h.t. Saund. Index, h.t.; Vin. Ab. h.t.; 2
Sell. Pr. 308; Ayliffe's Parerg. 434; 2 Hen. Bl.
2. The writ ofProhibition : may also be issued when, having
jurisdiction, the court has attempted to proceed by rules differing from
those which ought to be observed; Bull. N. P. 219; or when, by the exercise
of its jurisdiction, the inferior court would defeat a legal right. 2 Chit.
Pr. 355.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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Example Usage of Prohibition |
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rahulbhatta: WTF?! "Gujarat Assembly passes Prohibition Act amendment stipulating death for making and selling spurious liquor." Thru @newsbuzzer |
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zak_kirchner: @PatMaloney Hey Pat. I'm curious what your position is on the Prohibition of cannabis. I see a lot of parallels to the alcohol Prohibition. |
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newsbuzzer: Amid opposition by Congress, Gujarat Assembly passes Prohibition Act amendment stipulating death for making and selling spurious liquor. |
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