Found 3 items, similar to Prohibition.
English → Indonesian (quick) Definition: prohibition cegahan, larangan, pantang, pantangan
English → English (WordNet) Definition: prohibition prohibition n 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]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Prohibition Prohibition \Pro`hi*bi"tion\, n. [L. prohibitio: cf. F. prohibition.] [1913 Webster] 1. The act of prohibiting; a declaration or injunction forbidding some action; interdict. [1913 Webster] The law of God, in the ten commandments, consists mostly of prohibitions. --Tillotson. [1913 Webster] 2. Specifically, the forbidding by law of the sale of alcoholic liquors as beverages. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] Note: By ellipsis, prohibition is used for the writ itself. [1913 Webster]