writ of prohibition
English
Noun
writ
of
prohibition
(
plural
writs of prohibition
)
(
law
)
A writ from a
superior
tribunal
staying
proceedings in a
lower
court
.
(
law
,
Scotland
)
A
clause
in a
deed
of
entail
forbidding the
heir
to sell the estate, contract debt, etc.
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