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Language Translation for : interdiction
| Spanish: | prohibición, veda, | German: | das Verbot, | Japanese: | 禁止 |
| in·ter·dict
(ĭn'tər-dĭkt') Pronunciation Key
tr.v. in·ter·dict·ed, in·ter·dict·ing, in·ter·dicts
n. (ĭn'tər-dĭkt')
[Alteration of Middle English enterditen, to place under a church ban, from Old French entredit, past participle of entredire, to forbid, from Latin interdīcere, interdict- : inter-, inter- + dīcere, to say; see deik- in Indo-European roots.] in'ter·dic'tion n., in'ter·dic'tive, in'ter·dic'to·ry (-dĭk'tə-rē) adj., in'ter·dic'tive·ly adv., in'ter·dic'tor n. |
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| interdiction | |
noun | |
| 1. | authoritative prohibition |
| 2. | a court order prohibiting a party from doing a certain activity [syn: interdict] |
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Interdiction
In`ter*dic"tion\, n. [L. interdictio: cf. F. interdiction.] The act of interdicting; prohibition; prohibiting decree; curse; interdict. The truest issue of thy throne By his own interdiction stands accurst. --Shak.
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