'Prohibition' definitions:

Definition of 'prohibition'

From: WordNet
noun
A law forbidding the sale of alcoholic beverages; "in 1920 the 18th amendment to the Constitution established prohibition in the US"
noun
A decree that prohibits something [syn: prohibition, ban, proscription]
noun
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]
noun
Refusal to approve or assent to
noun
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]

Definition of 'Prohibition'

From: 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]

Definition of 'Prohibition'

From: 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]