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.
⇒ By ellipsis, prohibition is used for the writ itself.
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