writ of prohibition

2 definitions found

writ of prohibition - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Prohibition \Pro`hi*bi"tion\, n. [L. prohibitio: cf. F.
     prohibition.]
     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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writ of prohibition - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  writ of prohibition
      n 1: a judicial writ from a higher court ordering a lower court
           not to exercise jurisdiction in a particular case