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Definition of Prohibitory
1. Adjective. Tending to discourage (especially of prices). "The price was prohibitive"
Definition of Prohibitory
1. a. Tending to prohibit, forbid, or exclude; implying prohibition; forbidding; as, a prohibitory law; a prohibitory price.
Definition of Prohibitory
1. Adjective. That serves to prohibit or forbid ¹
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Definition of Prohibitory
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Prohibitory
Literary usage of Prohibitory
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The American Cyclopaedia: A Popular Dictionary of General Knowledge by Charles Anderson Dana (1876)
"A prohibitory law was enacted in that state in 1846, with only ordinary fines
for its ... Delaware was tho second state to enact a prohibitory law, ..."
2. The Reformation by George Park Fisher (1906)
"The prohibitory Indexes proscribe authors or entire works without ... The long
prohibitory Catalogue, although it comprises many of the principal works hi ..."
3. Appletons' Annual Cyclopædia and Register of Important Events of the Year (1886)
"Early in July, one year from the time when the prohibitory law went into effect,
... Two yean ago the Legislature of this State enacted a prohibitory law ..."
4. The Reformation by George Park Fisher (1896)
"'The prohibitory Indexes proscribe authors or entire works, ... The long prohibitory
Catalogue, although it comprises many of the principal works in history ..."
5. A Treatise on Federal Practice, Civil and Criminal: Including Practice in by Roger Foster (1920)
"Distinction between mandatory and prohibitory injunctions. Injunctions are either
mandatory or prohibitory. A mandatory injunction is one that commands a ..."
6. A Treatise on Federal Practice, Civil and Criminal: Including Practice in by Roger Foster (1920)
"Distinction between mandatory and prohibitory injunctions. Injunctions are either
mandatory or prohibitory. A mandatory injunction is one that commands a ..."
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