prohibition

CEFRC1

/ˌpɹəʊ(h)ɪˈbɪʃən/

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A period of time when specific socially disapproved consumables are considered controlled substances.
An act of prohibiting, forbidding, disallowing, or proscribing something.

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Prohibition is hereby officially prohibited.
By its terms, the Twenty-Second Amendment bars only the election of two-term Presidents, and this prohibition would not prevent someone who had twice been elected President from succeeding to the office after having been elected or appointed Vice President. B...
But the prohibition on active advocacy and participation left a wide margin of allowable activity and was open to interpretation.

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But the prohibition on active advocacy and participation left a wide margin of allowable activity and was open to interpretation.
2021 December 20, Oren Liebermann, Barbara Starr, “Pentagon defines prohibited behavior in effort to tackle extremism”, in CNN, archived from the original on 04 Apr 2022
Appeals courts, including the 5th Circuit, have in the past upheld the federal ban in question. But more recently, some courts have shown hostility towards gun prohibitions aimed at 18- to 20-year-olds.
2025 January 30, Tierney Sneed, “Federal law banning handgun sales 18- to 20-year-olds is unconstitutional, appeals court rules”, in CNN, archived from the original on 22 Apr 2025

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From Anglo-Norman and Old French prohibicion, from Latin prohibitiō. By surface analysis, prohibit + -ion.