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English → English (WordNet)
Definition: writ of prohibition
writ of prohibition
n : a judicial writ from a higher court ordering a lower court
not to exercise jurisdiction in a particular case
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Writ of prohibition
Prohibition
\Pro`hi*bi"tion\, n. [L. prohibitio: cf. F.
prohibition.]
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1. The act of prohibiting; a declaration or injunction
forbidding some action; interdict.
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The law of God, in the ten commandments, consists
mostly of prohibitions. --Tillotson.
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2. Specifically, the forbidding by law of the sale of
alcoholic liquors as beverages.
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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.
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Note: By ellipsis, prohibition is used for the writ itself.
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