PREVENT

To hinder or preclude. To stop or intercept the approach, acce , or p,i:irformance of a thing. Webster; U. S. v. Souders, 27 Fed. Cas. 1,269; Green v. State, 109 Ga. 536, 35 S. E. 97; Buri v. Williams, 20 Ark. 171; In re Jones, 78 A.la. 421. [s. 943]