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Prohibition in
the USA
Prohibition "The
definition"
the
act or an instance of forbidding; a state of
being forbidden.
Law
a an edict or order that forbids. b Brit. a
writ from a superior court forbidding an
inferior court from proceeding in a suit
deemed to be beyond its cognizance.
(of
the usu. Prohibition) the prevention by law
manufacture and sale of alcohol, esp. in the
US (1920–33).
VV prohibitionary adj.
prohibitionist n. Middle English from Old French
prohibition or Latin prohibitio (as PROHIBIT)
"Prohibition
definition," Microsoft·Encarta·99
Encyclopedia.The Concise·Oxford Ditionary,
9th Edition.(c)·Oxford University Press.
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