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interdiction

Pronunciation:  `intur'dikshun

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 Definition: 
  1. [n]  a decree that prohibits something
  2. [n]  authoritative prohibition
 
 Synonyms: ban, prohibition, proscription
 
 See Also: banning-order, cease and desist order, decree, edict, enjoining, enjoinment, fiat, injunction, order, rescript

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\In`ter*dic"tion\, n. [L. interdictio: cf. F.
interdiction.]
The act of interdicting; prohibition; prohibiting decree;
curse; interdict.

      The truest issue of thy throne By his own interdiction
      stands accurst.                          --Shak.

 

 

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