prohibition
prohibition Lexical Profile
prohibition Game Scores & Validity
• noun
The action of forbidding something, especially by law, decree, or official rule; a formal ban or restriction.
"The municipal government enacted a strict prohibition on outdoor water usage during the severe summer drought."
The legal prevention of the manufacture, storage, transportation, and sale of alcoholic beverages, especially the national ban in the United States from 1920 to 1933 (often capitalized).
"During the era of Prohibition, underground speakeasies flourished across major American cities."
A judicial writ issued by a superior court ordering a lower court or tribunal to cease proceedings in a matter outside its jurisdiction.
"Defense counsel petitioned the appellate court for a writ of prohibition to halt the lower tribunal's inquiry."
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Word Origin & Etymology
Borrowed in the late 14th century from Old French prohibition and directly from Latin prohibitionem ('a holding back, forbidding, legal ban'), a noun of action from prohibere ('to hold back, restrain, prevent'), formed from pro- ('away, in front') + habere ('to have, hold').