Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The act of prohibiting or the condition of being prohibited.
- noun A rule or law that forbids something.
- noun The forbidding by law of the manufacture, transportation, and sale of alcoholic beverages.
- noun The period (1920–1933) during which the 18th Amendment forbidding the manufacture, transportation, and sale of alcoholic beverages was in force in the United States.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The act of prohibiting, forbidding, or interdicting; an edict or a decree to forbid or debar.
- noun In a restricted sense, the interdiction by law of the manufacture and sale of alcoholic drinks, except for medicinal or sacramental uses.
- noun In Scots law, a technical clause in a deed of entail prohibiting the heir from selling the estate, contracting debt, altering the order of succession, etc. Synonyms Interdiction, inhibition, embargo. See
prohibit .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The act of prohibiting; a declaration or injunction forbidding some action; interdict.
- noun Specifically, the forbidding by law of the sale of alcoholic liquors as beverages.
- noun (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.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun An act of
prohibiting ,forbidding ,disallowing , orproscribing something. - noun A
law prohibiting the manufacture or sale of alcohol.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun refusal to approve or assent to
- noun a decree that prohibits something
- noun a law forbidding the sale of alcoholic beverages
- noun the period from 1920 to 1933 when the sale of alcoholic beverages was prohibited in the United States by a constitutional amendment
- noun the action of prohibiting or inhibiting or forbidding (or an instance thereof)
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Examples
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I would say that the latest experiment in prohibition is proceding just like the last one, only on a larger scale.
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Wonder how long the Mexican drug gangs would last if we didn't buy the stuff or if we realized this latest experiment in prohibition is no more successful than the first one.
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I would say that the latest experiment in prohibition is proceding just like the last one, only on a larger scale.
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I've tried to relieve some fear about legalization so that you might understand more clearly how futile and destructive marijuana prohibition is and why it should be ended.
Jesse Levine: A Letter to the Undecided: Prop 19 Jesse Levine 2010
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I've tried to relieve some fear about legalization so that you might understand more clearly how futile and destructive marijuana prohibition is and why it should be ended.
Jesse Levine: A Letter to the Undecided: Prop 19 Jesse Levine 2010
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Sounds nice on the surface, but as several articles here have shown, there are situations such as application of foreign law or marriages, that make clear such an absolute prohibition is unwise.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Help Draft the Federalism Restoration Amendment 2010
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This final clause strikes me as surplusage, and I would think it invites mischief: whether it employs instrumentalities therefrom, or whether its regulation or prohibition is part of a comprehensive federal regulatory scheme.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Help Draft the Federalism Restoration Amendment 2010
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No matter how clean a pig is, a Muslim will never eat it, because that prohibition is based on religion, not facts or reason.
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If, on the other hand, "the president is acting in prohibition of an express or implied act of Congress, then he's working at his lowest ebb."
Sotomayor: 'signing statements' must be considered case by case 2009
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The circuit courts have held unanimously (at least so far) that this prohibition is within the power of Congress to regulate Interstate commerce.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Drawing Lines in the Commerce Clause Debate on Health Care Reform 2010
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