Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Serving to prohibit, forbid, or interdict; implying prohibition: as, prohibitory duties on imports.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Tending to prohibit, forbid, or exclude; implying prohibition; forbidding
- adjective (R. C. Ch.) See under
Index .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective That serves to
prohibit orforbid
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective tending to discourage (especially of prices)
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Examples
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In many places they even have what may be called prohibitory reasons.
A Tramp Abroad 1879
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In many places they even have what may be called prohibitory reasons.
A Tramp Abroad — Volume 07 Mark Twain 1872
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"prohibitory" bill, which forbade all trade and intercourse with the
The Political History of England - Vol. X. The History of England from the Accession of George III to the close of Pitt's first Administration William Hunt 1886
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A mandatory interlocutory injunction would require a ¨high degree of assurance¨ that the applicant would be prejudiced by its refusal, while a prohibitory interlocutory injunction required a ¨serious issue to be tried.
Privy Council In Bank Ruling Wraps Jamaican Judiciary On the Knuckles, Part III : Law is Cool 2009
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A mandatory interlocutory injunction would require a ¨high degree of assurance¨ that the applicant would be prejudiced by its refusal, while a prohibitory interlocutory injunction required a ¨serious issue to be tried.
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It appears that what the Jamaican courts did was first to characterize the injunction as either mandatory (requiring positive action) or prohibitory while applying the balance of convenience test.
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It appears that what the Jamaican courts did was first to characterize the injunction as either mandatory (requiring positive action) or prohibitory while applying the balance of convenience test.
Privy Council In Bank Ruling Wraps Jamaican Judiciary On the Knuckles, Part III : Law is Cool 2009
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The government passed prohibitory orders barring nearly 2,000 employees of Maruti's Manesar plant in Haryana from continuing with the strike--which has left the country's largest auto maker by sales with a daily production loss of 1,200 cars, or 400 million rupees $8.9 million--and referred the problem to the local labor court.
Maruti Strikers Ordered Back to Work Nikhil Gulati 2011
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¨ At first instance Mr. Justice Jones characterized it has mandatory and refused to grant it while the Court of Appeal characterized it as prohibitory and granted it.
Privy Council In Bank Ruling Wraps Jamaican Judiciary On the Knuckles, Part III : Law is Cool 2009
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¨ At first instance Mr. Justice Jones characterized it has mandatory and refused to grant it while the Court of Appeal characterized it as prohibitory and granted it.
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