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prohibit
(encz) | prohibit,zakázat |
prohibit
(encz) | prohibit,zakazovat |
Prohibit
(gcide) | Prohibit \Pro*hib"it\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Prohibited; p. pr.
& vb. n. Prohibiting.] [L. prohibitus, p. p. of prohibere
to prohibit; pro before, forth + habere to have, hold. See
Habit.]
[1913 Webster]
1. To forbid by authority; to interdict; as, God prohibited
Adam from eating of the fruit of a certain tree; we
prohibit a person from doing a thing, and also the doing
of the thing; as, the law prohibits men from stealing, or
it prohibits stealing.
[1913 Webster]
Note: Prohibit was formerly followed by to with the
infinitive, but is now commonly followed by from with
the verbal noun in -ing.
[1913 Webster]
2. To hinder; to debar; to prevent; to preclude.
[1913 Webster]
Gates of burning adamant,
Barred over us, prohibit all egress. --Milton.
[1913 Webster]
Syn: To forbid; interdict; debar; prevent; hinder.
Usage: Prohibit, Forbid. To forbid is Anglo-Saxon, and is
more familiar; to prohibit is Latin, and is more
formal or official. A parent forbids his child to be
out late at night; he prohibits his intercourse with
the profane and vicious.
[1913 Webster] |
prohibit
(wn) | prohibit
v 1: command against; "I forbid you to call me late at night";
"Mother vetoed the trip to the chocolate store"; "Dad nixed
our plans" [syn: forbid, prohibit, interdict,
proscribe, veto, disallow, nix] [ant: allow,
countenance, let, permit] |
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nonprohibitive tariff
(encz) | nonprohibitive tariff,neprohibitivní tarif [eko.] RNDr. Pavel Piskač |
prohibited
(encz) | prohibited,zakázáno prohibited,zakázaný |
prohibiting
(encz) | prohibiting,zamezování n: Zdeněk Brožprohibiting,zamezující adj: Zdeněk Brož |
prohibition
(encz) | prohibition,prohibice n: Zdeněk Brožprohibition,zákaz |
prohibition era
(encz) | prohibition era, n: |
prohibitionist
(encz) | prohibitionist,prohibicionista n: Zdeněk Brož |
prohibitions
(encz) | prohibitions,zákazy n: pl. Zdeněk Brož |
prohibitive
(encz) | prohibitive,prohibitivní adj: Zdeněk Brožprohibitive,přemrštěný adj: Zdeněk Brožprohibitive,zakazující adj: Zdeněk Brožprohibitive,znemožňující adj: Zdeněk Brož |
prohibitive tax
(encz) | prohibitive tax,prohibitivní daň [eko.] RNDr. Pavel Piskač |
prohibitively
(encz) | prohibitively,nepřiměřeně adv: Toldaprohibitively,neúměrně adv: Toldaprohibitively,prohibičně adv: Zdeněk Brož |
prohibitory
(encz) | prohibitory,prohibiční adj: Zdeněk Brožprohibitory,prohibitivní adj: Zdeněk Brož |
prohibits
(encz) | prohibits,zakazuje v: Zdeněk Brož |
writ of prohibition
(encz) | writ of prohibition, n: |
neprohibitivní tarif
(czen) | neprohibitivní tarif,nonprohibitive tariff[eko.] RNDr. Pavel Piskač |
prohibitivní
(czen) | prohibitivní,negative Zdeněk Brožprohibitivní,prohibitiveadj: Zdeněk Brožprohibitivní,prohibitoryadj: Zdeněk Brož |
prohibitivní daň
(czen) | prohibitivní daň,prohibitive tax[eko.] RNDr. Pavel Piskač |
Index Librorum Prohibitorum
(gcide) | Index \In"dex\, n.; pl. E. Indexes, L. Indices(?). [L.: cf.
F. index. See Indicate, Diction.]
[1913 Webster]
1. That which points out; that which shows, indicates,
manifests, or discloses; as, the increasing unemployment
rate is an index of how much the economy has slowed.
[1913 Webster +PJC]
Tastes are the indexes of the different qualities of
plants. --Arbuthnot.
[1913 Webster]
2. That which guides, points out, informs, or directs; a
pointer or a hand that directs to anything, as the hand of
a watch, a movable finger or other form of pointer on a
gauge, scale, or other graduated instrument. In
(printing), a sign [[hand]] (called also fist) used to
direct particular attention to a note or paragraph.
[1913 Webster]
3. A table for facilitating reference to topics, names, and
the like, in a book, usually giving the page on which a
particular word or topic may be found; -- usually
alphabetical in arrangement, and printed at the end of the
volume. Typically found only in non-fiction books.
[1913 Webster +PJC]
4. A prologue indicating what follows. [Obs.] --Shak.
[1913 Webster]
5. (Anat.) The second finger, that next to the pollex
(thumb), in the manus, or hand; the forefinger; {index
finger}.
[1913 Webster]
6. (Math.) The figure or letter which shows the power or root
of a quantity; the exponent. [In this sense the plural is
always indices.]
[1913 Webster]
7. The ratio, or formula expressing the ratio, of one
dimension of a thing to another dimension; as, the
vertical index of the cranium.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
8. A number providing a measure of some quantity derived by a
formula, usually a form of averaging, from multiple
quantities; -- used mostly in economics; as, the index of
leading indicators; the index of industrial production;
the consumer price index. See, for example, the {consumer
price index}.
[PJC]
9. (computers) A file containing a table with the addresses
of data items, arranged for rapid and convenient search
for the addresses.
[PJC]
10. (computers) A number which serves as a label for a data
item and also represents the address of a data item
within a table or array.
[PJC]
11. (R. C. Ch.), The Index prohibitorius, a catalogue of
books which are forbidden by the church to be read; also
called Index of forbidden books and {Index Librorum
Prohibitorum}.
[PJC]
Index error, the error in the reading of a mathematical
instrument arising from the zero of the index not being in
complete adjustment with that of the limb, or with its
theoretically perfect position in the instrument; a
correction to be applied to the instrument readings equal
to the error of the zero adjustment.
Index expurgatorius. [L.] See Index prohibitorius
(below).
Index finger. See Index, 5.
Index glass, the mirror on the index of a quadrant,
sextant, etc.
Index hand, the pointer or hand of a clock, watch, or other
registering machine; a hand that points to something.
Index of a logarithm (Math.), the integral part of the
logarithm, and always one less than the number of integral
figures in the given number. It is also called the
characteristic.
Index of refraction, or Refractive index (Opt.), the
number which expresses the ratio of the sine of the angle
of incidence to the sine of the angle of refraction. Thus
the index of refraction for sulphur is 2, because, when
light passes out of air into sulphur, the sine of the
angle of incidence is double the sine of the angle of
refraction.
Index plate, a graduated circular plate, or one with
circular rows of holes differently spaced; used in
machines for graduating circles, cutting gear teeth, etc.
Index prohibitorius [L.], or Prohibitory index (R. C.
Ch.), a catalogue of books which are forbidden by the
church to be read; the index expurgatorius [L.], or
expurgatory index, is a catalogue of books from which
passages marked as against faith or morals must be removed
before Catholics can read them. These catalogues are
published with additions, from time to time, by the
Congregation of the Index, composed of cardinals,
theologians, etc., under the sanction of the pope. --Hook.
Index rerum [L.], a tabulated and alphabetized notebook,
for systematic preservation of items, quotations, etc.
[1913 Webster] |
Index prohibitorius
(gcide) | Index \In"dex\, n.; pl. E. Indexes, L. Indices(?). [L.: cf.
F. index. See Indicate, Diction.]
[1913 Webster]
1. That which points out; that which shows, indicates,
manifests, or discloses; as, the increasing unemployment
rate is an index of how much the economy has slowed.
[1913 Webster +PJC]
Tastes are the indexes of the different qualities of
plants. --Arbuthnot.
[1913 Webster]
2. That which guides, points out, informs, or directs; a
pointer or a hand that directs to anything, as the hand of
a watch, a movable finger or other form of pointer on a
gauge, scale, or other graduated instrument. In
(printing), a sign [[hand]] (called also fist) used to
direct particular attention to a note or paragraph.
[1913 Webster]
3. A table for facilitating reference to topics, names, and
the like, in a book, usually giving the page on which a
particular word or topic may be found; -- usually
alphabetical in arrangement, and printed at the end of the
volume. Typically found only in non-fiction books.
[1913 Webster +PJC]
4. A prologue indicating what follows. [Obs.] --Shak.
[1913 Webster]
5. (Anat.) The second finger, that next to the pollex
(thumb), in the manus, or hand; the forefinger; {index
finger}.
[1913 Webster]
6. (Math.) The figure or letter which shows the power or root
of a quantity; the exponent. [In this sense the plural is
always indices.]
[1913 Webster]
7. The ratio, or formula expressing the ratio, of one
dimension of a thing to another dimension; as, the
vertical index of the cranium.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
8. A number providing a measure of some quantity derived by a
formula, usually a form of averaging, from multiple
quantities; -- used mostly in economics; as, the index of
leading indicators; the index of industrial production;
the consumer price index. See, for example, the {consumer
price index}.
[PJC]
9. (computers) A file containing a table with the addresses
of data items, arranged for rapid and convenient search
for the addresses.
[PJC]
10. (computers) A number which serves as a label for a data
item and also represents the address of a data item
within a table or array.
[PJC]
11. (R. C. Ch.), The Index prohibitorius, a catalogue of
books which are forbidden by the church to be read; also
called Index of forbidden books and {Index Librorum
Prohibitorum}.
[PJC]
Index error, the error in the reading of a mathematical
instrument arising from the zero of the index not being in
complete adjustment with that of the limb, or with its
theoretically perfect position in the instrument; a
correction to be applied to the instrument readings equal
to the error of the zero adjustment.
Index expurgatorius. [L.] See Index prohibitorius
(below).
Index finger. See Index, 5.
Index glass, the mirror on the index of a quadrant,
sextant, etc.
Index hand, the pointer or hand of a clock, watch, or other
registering machine; a hand that points to something.
Index of a logarithm (Math.), the integral part of the
logarithm, and always one less than the number of integral
figures in the given number. It is also called the
characteristic.
Index of refraction, or Refractive index (Opt.), the
number which expresses the ratio of the sine of the angle
of incidence to the sine of the angle of refraction. Thus
the index of refraction for sulphur is 2, because, when
light passes out of air into sulphur, the sine of the
angle of incidence is double the sine of the angle of
refraction.
Index plate, a graduated circular plate, or one with
circular rows of holes differently spaced; used in
machines for graduating circles, cutting gear teeth, etc.
Index prohibitorius [L.], or Prohibitory index (R. C.
Ch.), a catalogue of books which are forbidden by the
church to be read; the index expurgatorius [L.], or
expurgatory index, is a catalogue of books from which
passages marked as against faith or morals must be removed
before Catholics can read them. These catalogues are
published with additions, from time to time, by the
Congregation of the Index, composed of cardinals,
theologians, etc., under the sanction of the pope. --Hook.
Index rerum [L.], a tabulated and alphabetized notebook,
for systematic preservation of items, quotations, etc.
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Mala prohibita
(gcide) | Mala \Ma"la\, n. pl.; pl. of Malum. [L.]
Evils; wrongs; offenses against right and law.
[1913 Webster]
Mala in se [L.] (Law), offenses which are such from their
own nature, at common law, irrespective of statute.
Mala prohibita [L.] (Law), offenses prohibited by statute,
as distinguished from mala in se, which are offenses at
common law.
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Prohibit
(gcide) | Prohibit \Pro*hib"it\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Prohibited; p. pr.
& vb. n. Prohibiting.] [L. prohibitus, p. p. of prohibere
to prohibit; pro before, forth + habere to have, hold. See
Habit.]
[1913 Webster]
1. To forbid by authority; to interdict; as, God prohibited
Adam from eating of the fruit of a certain tree; we
prohibit a person from doing a thing, and also the doing
of the thing; as, the law prohibits men from stealing, or
it prohibits stealing.
[1913 Webster]
Note: Prohibit was formerly followed by to with the
infinitive, but is now commonly followed by from with
the verbal noun in -ing.
[1913 Webster]
2. To hinder; to debar; to prevent; to preclude.
[1913 Webster]
Gates of burning adamant,
Barred over us, prohibit all egress. --Milton.
[1913 Webster]
Syn: To forbid; interdict; debar; prevent; hinder.
Usage: Prohibit, Forbid. To forbid is Anglo-Saxon, and is
more familiar; to prohibit is Latin, and is more
formal or official. A parent forbids his child to be
out late at night; he prohibits his intercourse with
the profane and vicious.
[1913 Webster] |
Prohibited
(gcide) | Prohibit \Pro*hib"it\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Prohibited; p. pr.
& vb. n. Prohibiting.] [L. prohibitus, p. p. of prohibere
to prohibit; pro before, forth + habere to have, hold. See
Habit.]
[1913 Webster]
1. To forbid by authority; to interdict; as, God prohibited
Adam from eating of the fruit of a certain tree; we
prohibit a person from doing a thing, and also the doing
of the thing; as, the law prohibits men from stealing, or
it prohibits stealing.
[1913 Webster]
Note: Prohibit was formerly followed by to with the
infinitive, but is now commonly followed by from with
the verbal noun in -ing.
[1913 Webster]
2. To hinder; to debar; to prevent; to preclude.
[1913 Webster]
Gates of burning adamant,
Barred over us, prohibit all egress. --Milton.
[1913 Webster]
Syn: To forbid; interdict; debar; prevent; hinder.
Usage: Prohibit, Forbid. To forbid is Anglo-Saxon, and is
more familiar; to prohibit is Latin, and is more
formal or official. A parent forbids his child to be
out late at night; he prohibits his intercourse with
the profane and vicious.
[1913 Webster] |
Prohibiter
(gcide) | Prohibiter \Pro*hib"it*er\, n.
One who prohibits or forbids; a forbidder; an interdicter.
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Prohibiting
(gcide) | Prohibit \Pro*hib"it\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Prohibited; p. pr.
& vb. n. Prohibiting.] [L. prohibitus, p. p. of prohibere
to prohibit; pro before, forth + habere to have, hold. See
Habit.]
[1913 Webster]
1. To forbid by authority; to interdict; as, God prohibited
Adam from eating of the fruit of a certain tree; we
prohibit a person from doing a thing, and also the doing
of the thing; as, the law prohibits men from stealing, or
it prohibits stealing.
[1913 Webster]
Note: Prohibit was formerly followed by to with the
infinitive, but is now commonly followed by from with
the verbal noun in -ing.
[1913 Webster]
2. To hinder; to debar; to prevent; to preclude.
[1913 Webster]
Gates of burning adamant,
Barred over us, prohibit all egress. --Milton.
[1913 Webster]
Syn: To forbid; interdict; debar; prevent; hinder.
Usage: Prohibit, Forbid. To forbid is Anglo-Saxon, and is
more familiar; to prohibit is Latin, and is more
formal or official. A parent forbids his child to be
out late at night; he prohibits his intercourse with
the profane and vicious.
[1913 Webster] |
Prohibition
(gcide) | Prohibition \Pro`hi*bi"tion\, n.
The period of 1920 to 1932 in the United States, during which
sale of alcoholic beverages were forbidden by the
consitution.
[PJC]Prohibition \Pro`hi*bi"tion\, n. [L. prohibitio: cf. F.
prohibition.]
1. The act of prohibiting; a declaration or injunction
forbidding some action; interdict.
[1913 Webster]
The law of God, in the ten commandments, consists
mostly of prohibitions. --Tillotson.
[1913 Webster]
2. Specifically, the forbidding by law of the sale of
alcoholic liquors as beverages.
[1913 Webster]
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.
[1913 Webster]
Note: By ellipsis, prohibition is used for the writ itself.
[1913 Webster] |
Prohibitionist
(gcide) | Prohibitionist \Pro`hi*bi"tion*ist\, n.
[1913 Webster]
1. One who favors prohibitory duties on foreign goods in
commerce; a protectionist.
[1913 Webster]
2. One who favors the prohibition of the sale (or of the sale
and manufacture) of alcoholic liquors as beverages.
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Prohibitive
(gcide) | Prohibitive \Pro*hib"it*ive\, a. [Cf. F. prohibitif.]
That prohibits; prohibitory; as, a tax whose effect is
prohibitive.
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Prohibitory
(gcide) | Prohibitory \Pro*hib"it*o*ry\, a. [L. prohibitorius.]
Tending to prohibit, forbid, or exclude; implying
prohibition; forbidding; as, a prohibitory law; a prohibitory
price.
[1913 Webster]
Prohibitory index. (R. C. Ch.) See under Index.
[1913 Webster] |
Prohibitory index
(gcide) | Index \In"dex\, n.; pl. E. Indexes, L. Indices(?). [L.: cf.
F. index. See Indicate, Diction.]
[1913 Webster]
1. That which points out; that which shows, indicates,
manifests, or discloses; as, the increasing unemployment
rate is an index of how much the economy has slowed.
[1913 Webster +PJC]
Tastes are the indexes of the different qualities of
plants. --Arbuthnot.
[1913 Webster]
2. That which guides, points out, informs, or directs; a
pointer or a hand that directs to anything, as the hand of
a watch, a movable finger or other form of pointer on a
gauge, scale, or other graduated instrument. In
(printing), a sign [[hand]] (called also fist) used to
direct particular attention to a note or paragraph.
[1913 Webster]
3. A table for facilitating reference to topics, names, and
the like, in a book, usually giving the page on which a
particular word or topic may be found; -- usually
alphabetical in arrangement, and printed at the end of the
volume. Typically found only in non-fiction books.
[1913 Webster +PJC]
4. A prologue indicating what follows. [Obs.] --Shak.
[1913 Webster]
5. (Anat.) The second finger, that next to the pollex
(thumb), in the manus, or hand; the forefinger; {index
finger}.
[1913 Webster]
6. (Math.) The figure or letter which shows the power or root
of a quantity; the exponent. [In this sense the plural is
always indices.]
[1913 Webster]
7. The ratio, or formula expressing the ratio, of one
dimension of a thing to another dimension; as, the
vertical index of the cranium.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
8. A number providing a measure of some quantity derived by a
formula, usually a form of averaging, from multiple
quantities; -- used mostly in economics; as, the index of
leading indicators; the index of industrial production;
the consumer price index. See, for example, the {consumer
price index}.
[PJC]
9. (computers) A file containing a table with the addresses
of data items, arranged for rapid and convenient search
for the addresses.
[PJC]
10. (computers) A number which serves as a label for a data
item and also represents the address of a data item
within a table or array.
[PJC]
11. (R. C. Ch.), The Index prohibitorius, a catalogue of
books which are forbidden by the church to be read; also
called Index of forbidden books and {Index Librorum
Prohibitorum}.
[PJC]
Index error, the error in the reading of a mathematical
instrument arising from the zero of the index not being in
complete adjustment with that of the limb, or with its
theoretically perfect position in the instrument; a
correction to be applied to the instrument readings equal
to the error of the zero adjustment.
Index expurgatorius. [L.] See Index prohibitorius
(below).
Index finger. See Index, 5.
Index glass, the mirror on the index of a quadrant,
sextant, etc.
Index hand, the pointer or hand of a clock, watch, or other
registering machine; a hand that points to something.
Index of a logarithm (Math.), the integral part of the
logarithm, and always one less than the number of integral
figures in the given number. It is also called the
characteristic.
Index of refraction, or Refractive index (Opt.), the
number which expresses the ratio of the sine of the angle
of incidence to the sine of the angle of refraction. Thus
the index of refraction for sulphur is 2, because, when
light passes out of air into sulphur, the sine of the
angle of incidence is double the sine of the angle of
refraction.
Index plate, a graduated circular plate, or one with
circular rows of holes differently spaced; used in
machines for graduating circles, cutting gear teeth, etc.
Index prohibitorius [L.], or Prohibitory index (R. C.
Ch.), a catalogue of books which are forbidden by the
church to be read; the index expurgatorius [L.], or
expurgatory index, is a catalogue of books from which
passages marked as against faith or morals must be removed
before Catholics can read them. These catalogues are
published with additions, from time to time, by the
Congregation of the Index, composed of cardinals,
theologians, etc., under the sanction of the pope. --Hook.
Index rerum [L.], a tabulated and alphabetized notebook,
for systematic preservation of items, quotations, etc.
[1913 Webster]Prohibitory \Pro*hib"it*o*ry\, a. [L. prohibitorius.]
Tending to prohibit, forbid, or exclude; implying
prohibition; forbidding; as, a prohibitory law; a prohibitory
price.
[1913 Webster]
Prohibitory index. (R. C. Ch.) See under Index.
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Unprohibited
(gcide) | Unprohibited \Unprohibited\
See prohibited. |
Writ of prohibition
(gcide) | Prohibition \Pro`hi*bi"tion\, n. [L. prohibitio: cf. F.
prohibition.]
1. The act of prohibiting; a declaration or injunction
forbidding some action; interdict.
[1913 Webster]
The law of God, in the ten commandments, consists
mostly of prohibitions. --Tillotson.
[1913 Webster]
2. Specifically, the forbidding by law of the sale of
alcoholic liquors as beverages.
[1913 Webster]
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.
[1913 Webster]
Note: By ellipsis, prohibition is used for the writ itself.
[1913 Webster] |
organization for the prohibition of chemical weapons
(wn) | Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons
n 1: international organization for chemical disarmament;
administers the Chemical Weapons Convention [syn:
Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons,
OPCW] |
prohibited
(wn) | prohibited
adj 1: excluded from use or mention; "forbidden fruit"; "in our
house dancing and playing cards were out"; "a taboo
subject" [syn: forbidden, out(p), prohibited,
proscribed, taboo, tabu, verboten]
2: forbidden by law [syn: banned, prohibited] |
prohibition
(wn) | prohibition
n 1: a law forbidding the sale of alcoholic beverages; "in 1920
the 18th amendment to the Constitution established
prohibition in the US"
2: a decree that prohibits something [syn: prohibition, ban,
proscription]
3: the period from 1920 to 1933 when the sale of alcoholic
beverages was prohibited in the United States by a
constitutional amendment [syn: prohibition, {prohibition
era}]
4: refusal to approve or assent to
5: the action of prohibiting or inhibiting or forbidding (or an
instance thereof); "they were restrained by a prohibition in
their charter"; "a medical inhibition of alcoholic
beverages"; "he ignored his parents' forbiddance" [syn:
prohibition, inhibition, forbiddance] |
prohibition era
(wn) | prohibition era
n 1: the period from 1920 to 1933 when the sale of alcoholic
beverages was prohibited in the United States by a
constitutional amendment [syn: prohibition, {prohibition
era}] |
prohibition party
(wn) | Prohibition Party
n 1: a political party in the United States; formed in 1869 to
oppose the manufacture and sale of alcoholic beverages |
prohibitionist
(wn) | prohibitionist
n 1: a reformer who opposes the use of intoxicating beverages
[syn: dry, prohibitionist] |
prohibitive
(wn) | prohibitive
adj 1: tending to discourage (especially of prices); "the price
was prohibitive" [syn: prohibitive, prohibitory] |
prohibitively
(wn) | prohibitively
adv 1: to a prohibitive degree; "it is prohibitively expensive" |
prohibitory
(wn) | prohibitory
adj 1: tending to discourage (especially of prices); "the price
was prohibitive" [syn: prohibitive, prohibitory] |
writ of prohibition
(wn) | writ of prohibition
n 1: a judicial writ from a higher court ordering a lower court
not to exercise jurisdiction in a particular case |
MALA PROHIBITA
(bouvier) | MALA PROHIBITA. Those things which are prohibited by law, and therefore
unlawful.
2. A distinction was formerly made in respect of contracts, between
mala prohibita and mala in se; but that distinction has been exploded, and,
it is now established that when the provisions of an act of the legislature
have for their object the protection of the public, it makes no difference
with respect to contracts, whether the thing be prohibited absolutely or
under a penalty. 5 B. & A 5, 340; 10 B. & C. 98; 3 Stark. 61; 13 Pick. 518;
2 Bing. N. C. 636, 646.
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NON FECIT VASTUM CONTRA PROHIBITIONE
(bouvier) | NON FECIT VASTUM CONTRA PROHIBITIONEM. The name of a plea to an action
founded on a writ of estrepement, that the defendant did not commit waste
contrary to the prohibition. 3 Bl. Com. 226, 227.
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PROHIBITION
(bouvier) | PROHIBITION, practice. The name of a writ issued by a superior court,
directed to the judge and parties of a suit in an inferior court, commanding
them to cease from the prosecution of the same, upon a suggestion that the
cause originally, or some collateral matter arising therein, does not belong
to that jurisdiction, but to the cognizance of some other court. 3 Bl. Com.
112; Com. Dig. h.t.; Bac. Ab. h.t. Saund. Index, h.t.; Vin. Ab. h.t.; 2
Sell. Pr. 308; Ayliffe's Parerg. 434; 2 Hen. Bl.
2. The writ of prohibition may also be issued when, having
jurisdiction, the court has attempted to proceed by rules differing from
those which ought to be observed; Bull. N. P. 219; or when, by the exercise
of its jurisdiction, the inferior court would defeat a legal right. 2 Chit.
Pr. 355.
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PROHIBITIVE IMPEDIMENTS
(bouvier) | PROHIBITIVE IMPEDIMENTS, canon law. Those impediments to a marriage which
are only followed by a punishment, but do not render the marriage null.
Bowy. Alod. Civ. Law, 44.
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