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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 caseplay

  Familiarity information: WRIT OF PROHIBITION used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


WRIT OF PROHIBITION (noun)


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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