Definition of prohibition

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Prohibition (n.) Specifically, the forbidding by law of the sale of alcoholic liquors as beverages..

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Prohibitionist :: Prohibitionist (n.) One who favors prohibitory duties on foreign goods in commerce; a protectionist.
Veto :: Veto (n.) The exercise of such authority; an act of prohibition or prevention; as, a veto is probable if the bill passes..
Indicavit :: Indicavit (n.) A writ of prohibition against proceeding in the spiritual court in certain cases, when the suit belongs to the common-law courts..
Exclusion :: Exclusion (n.) The act of excluding, or of shutting out, whether by thrusting out or by preventing admission; a debarring; rejection; prohibition; the state of being excluded..
Prohibition :: Prohibition (n.) Specifically, the forbidding by law of the sale of alcoholic liquors as beverages..
Ban :: Ban (n.) An interdiction, prohibition, or proscription..
Restraint :: Restraint (n.) That which restrains, as a law, a prohibition, or the like; limitation; restriction..
Defence :: Defence (n.) Prohibition; a prohibitory ordinance.
Taboo :: Taboo (n.) A total prohibition of intercourse with, use of, or approach to, a given person or thing under pain of death, -- an interdict of religious origin and authority, formerly common in the islands of Polynesia; interdiction..
Prohibitionist :: Prohibitionist (n.) One who favors the prohibition of the sale (or of the sale and manufacture) of alcoholic liquors as beverages.
Not :: Not (adv.) A word used to express negation, prohibition, denial, or refusal..
Embar :: Embar (v. t.) To stop; to hinder by prohibition; to block up.
Interdiction :: Interdiction (n.) The act of interdicting; prohibition; prohibiting decree; curse; interdict.
Veto :: Veto (n.) An authoritative prohibition or negative; a forbidding; an interdiction.
Interdict :: Interdict (n.) A prohibition of the pope, by which the clergy or laymen are restrained from performing, or from attending, divine service, or from administering the offices or enjoying the privileges of the church..
Annex :: Annex (v. t.) To attach or connect, as a consequence, condition, etc.; as, to annex a penalty to a prohibition, or punishment to guilt..
Proscription :: Proscription (n.) The state of being proscribed; denunciation; interdiction; prohibition.
Allowableness :: Allowableness (n.) The quality of being allowable; permissibleness; lawfulness; exemption from prohibition or impropriety.
Prohibition :: Prohibition (n.) The act of prohibiting; a declaration or injunction forbidding some action; interdict.
Inhibition :: Inhibition (n.) The act of inhibiting, or the state of being inhibited; restraint; prohibition; embargo..
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