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pro⋅hi⋅bi⋅tion
[proh-uh-bish-uh
n] 
–noun
| 1. | the act of prohibiting. |
| 2. | the legal prohibiting of the manufacture and sale of alcoholic drinks for common consumption. |
| 3. | (often initial capital letter) the period (1920–33) when the Eighteenth Amendment was in force and alcoholic beverages could not legally be manufactured, transported, or sold in the U.S. |
| 4. | a law or decree that forbids. |
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Prohibition
Pro`hi*bi"tion\, n. [L. prohibitio: cf. F. prohibition.]1. The act of prohibiting; a declaration or injunction forbidding some action; interdict. The law of God, in the ten commandments, consists mostly of prohibitions. --Tillotson. 2. Specifically, the forbidding by law of the sale of alcoholic liquors as beverages. 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. Note: By ellipsis, prohibition is used for the writ itself.
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Language Translation for : prohibition
Spanish:
prohibición,
German:
das Verbot,
Japanese:
禁止
Prohibition [(proh-uh-bish-uhn)]
The outlawing of alcoholic beverages nationwide from 1920 to 1933, under an amendment to the Constitution. The amendment, enforced by the Volstead Act, was repealed by another amendment to the Constitution in 1933.
Note: Prohibition is often mentioned in discussions of how much social change can be brought about through law, because alcohol was widely, though illegally, produced and sold during Prohibition; it was served privately in the White House under President Warren Harding, for example.
Note: Many use the example of Prohibition to argue that more harm than good comes from the enactment of laws that are sure to be widely disobeyed.
Note: Some states and localities (called “dry”) had outlawed the production and sale of alcohol before the Prohibition amendment was adopted. The repealing amendment allowed individual states and localities to remain “dry,” and some did for many years.
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prohibition
1387, from O.Fr. prohibition (1237), from L. prohibitionem (nom. prohibitio) "a hindering, forbidding," from prohibitus, pp. of prohibere "hold back," from pro- "away, forth" + habere "to hold" (see habit). Meaning "forced alcohol abstinence" is 1851, Amer.Eng.; in effect in U.S. as law 1920-1933 under the Volstead Act. Prohibit (v.) is first recorded 1432. Prohibitive "having the quality of prohibiting" is recorded from 1602; of prices, rates, etc., "so high as to prevent use," it is from 1886.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Main Entry: pro·hi·bi·tion
Pronunciation: "prO-&-'bi-sh&n
Function: noun
1 a : an extraordinary writ issued by a higher court commanding an inferior court to keep within its proper jurisdiction (as by ceasing a prosecution) b : an order to refrain or stop
2 a : something (as a law) that prohibits a certain act or procedure b cap : the period from 1920 to 1933 in the U.S. when the manufacture, transportation, and sale of alcoholic liquors was prohibited by the Eighteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution —pro·hib·i·tive /prO-'hi-b&-tiv/ adjective —pro·hib·i·tive·ly adverb —pro·hib·i·to·ry /-'hi-b&-"tOr-E/ adjective
Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law, © 1996 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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