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WRIT OF PROHIBITION
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Dictionary entry overview: What does writ of prohibition mean?
• WRIT OF PROHIBITION (noun)
The noun WRIT OF PROHIBITION has 1 sense:
1. a judicial writ from a higher court ordering a lower court not to exercise jurisdiction in a particular case
Familiarity information: WRIT OF PROHIBITION used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A judicial writ from a higher court ordering a lower court not to exercise jurisdiction in a particular case
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("writ of prohibition" is a kind of...):
judicial writ; writ ((law) a legal document issued by a court or judicial officer)
Domain category:
jurisprudence; law (the collection of rules imposed by authority)
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