prohibition
31Prohibition — N UNCOUNT In the United States, Prohibition was the law that prevented the manufacture, sale, and transporting of alcoholic drinks between 1919 and 1933. Prohibition also refers to the period when this law existed …
32prohibition — [[t]pro͟ʊɪbɪ̱ʃ(ə)n[/t]] prohibitions N COUNT A prohibition is a law or rule forbidding something. ...a prohibition on discrimination. ...prohibitions against feeding birds at the airport …
33prohibition — noun 1) the prohibition of marijuana Syn: banning, forbidding, prohibiting, barring, debarment, vetoing, proscription, interdiction, outlawing 2) a prohibition was imposed Syn: ban, bar …
34prohibition — n. 1 the act or an instance of forbidding; a state of being forbidden. 2 Law a an edict or order that forbids. b a writ from a superior court forbidding an inferior court from proceeding in a suit deemed to be beyond its cognizance. 3 (usu.… …
35PROHIBITION — s. f. Inhibition, défense. Les prohibitions sont en général défavorables au commerce et à l industrie. La prohibition du port d armes …
36Prohibition — Pro|hi|bi|ti|on die; , en <aus gleichbed. lat. prohibitio, eigtl. »(gesetzliches) Verbot«, Bed. 2 über gleichbed. engl. prohibition>: 1. (veraltet) Verbot, Verhinderung. 2. (ohne Plur.) staatliches Verbot von Alkoholherstellung u. abgabe …
37prohibition — Prohibitions are powerful, (theoretically) enforceable, and sanctionable social and/or legal restrictions on certain behaviours, events, or other activities including, for example, sexual ‘deviations’, drug taking or trafficking, and trade in… …
38prohibition — [ˌprəʊhɪ bɪʃ(ə)n, prəʊɪ ] noun 1》 the action of prohibiting. ↘a law or regulation prohibiting something. ↘English Law a writ from a superior court forbidding an inferior court from proceeding in a suit deemed to be beyond its cognizance.… …
39prohibition — pro•hi•bi•tion [[t]ˌproʊ əˈbɪʃ ən[/t]] n. 1) the act of prohibiting 2) gov a) the legal prohibiting of the manufacture, sale, and transportation of alcoholic beverages b) gov (usu. cap.) the period (1920–33) during which such prohibition was in… …
40prohibition — Kapu, pāpā ana. ♦ Prohibition of intoxicants, hō ole wai ona …