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| ban1 |
an unofficial prohibition or condemnation, as by public opinion. [1/3 definitions] |
| clampdown |
a strict imposition of authority, rules, limitations, or the like; prohibition or suppression. |
| embargo |
a restraint or prohibition. [1/4 definitions] |
| estoppel |
in law, a prohibition against making an allegation or denial that is contradictory, esp. to an allegation or denial made previously. |
| injunction |
a command or order, esp. from a court, to do or refrain from doing something; authorization or prohibition. |
| interdict |
a legal prohibition to act. [1/4 definitions] |
| must1 |
used to express a command, or, in negative statements, a prohibition. [1/7 definitions] |
| not |
used to indicate negation, disagreement, refusal, or prohibition. |
| prohibitive |
serving as a prohibition; forbidding. [1/2 definitions] |
| restrictive covenant |
in an agreement or contract, a restriction on the action of one of the parties, esp. the prohibition, now illegal in the United States, of rental or sale of real estate to someone of a specified minority or ethnic group. |
| Salic law |
the legal code of the Salian Franks, esp. the prohibition against inheritance of land by women. [2 definitions] |
| speakeasy |
a bar or nightclub where alcoholic drinks are sold illegally, as during Prohibition in the United States. |
| sufferance |
approval given passively by a lack of prohibition or interference. [1/2 definitions] |
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