Prohibit

prō-hib′it, v.t. to hinder: to check or repre : to prevent: to forbid: to interdict by authority.— ns. Prohib′iter ; Prohibi′tion , the act of prohibiting, forbidding, or interdicting: an interdict: the forbidding by law of the manufacture and sale of alcoholic drinks; Prohib′itionism ; Prohibi′tionist , one who favours prohibitory duties in commerce: one who advocates the forbidding by law of the manufacture and sale of alcoholic drinks.— adj. Prohib′itive .— adv. Prohib′itively .— adj. Prohib′itory , that prohibits or forbids: forbidding.— Prohibited degrees (see Forbidden degrees , under Degree ).— Writ of prohibition ( law ), a writ from a superior tribunal staying proceedings in a lower court: ( Scots law ) a clause in a deed of entail forbidding the heir to sell the estate, contract debt, . [L. prohibēre , prohibitum — pro , before, habēre , to have.]