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   Prohibition (?), 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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   ☞ By ellipsis, prohibition is used for the writ itself.
   
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   Prohibition (?), n. The period of 1920 to 1932 in the United States, during which sale of alcoholic beverages were forbidden by the consitution.
   
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