the act or an instance of prohibiting something
an order that forbids or prevents something
(often Prohibition) the legal ban on the manufacture and sale of alcohol from 1920 to 1933 in the USA
(often Prohibition)
the forbidding by law of the manufacture and sale of alcohol
the period from 1920 to 1933 in the USA when a legal ban on the manufacture and sale of alcohol was in force
a judicial writ forbidding a lower court from proceeding in a case beyond its jurisdiction
prohibitionary adj
prohibitionist noun