prohibition

1. A law forbidding the sale of alcoholic beverages (synset 106553811)
   "in 1920 the 18th amendment to the Constitution established prohibition in the US"
   referred to in: jurisprudence, law - the collection of rules imposed by authority
   is a type of: law - legal document setting forth rules governing a particular kind of activity
2. A decree that prohibits something (synset 106554038)
   is a type of: decree, edict, fiat, order, rescript - a legally binding command or decision entered on the court record (as if issued by a court or judge)
   subtypes:

   • banning-order - an order that bans something
   • cease and desist order, enjoining, enjoinment, injunction - (law) a judicial remedy issued in order to prohibit a party from doing or continuing to do a certain activity
   • interdict, interdiction - a court order prohibiting a party from doing a certain activity
   same as: 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 (synset 115319625)
   is a type of: period, period of time, time period - an amount of time
   same as: prohibition era
4. Refusal to approve or assent to (synset 107269842)
   is a type of: refusal - the act of refusing
   subtypes:

   • interdiction - authoritative prohibition
   • ban, banning, forbiddance, forbidding - an official prohibition or edict against something
5. The action of prohibiting or inhibiting or forbidding (or an instance thereof) (synset 100202772)
   "they were restrained by a prohibition in their charter"; "a medical inhibition of alcoholic beverages"; "he ignored his parents' forbiddance"
   is a type of: action - something done (usually as opposed to something said)
   same as: forbiddance, inhibition

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