interdict


interdict
in·ter·dict 1 /'in-tər-ˌdikt/ n
1: something that prohibits
2: one that has been interdicted compare ward
in·ter·dict 2 /ˌin-tər-'dikt/ vt
1 in the civil law of Louisiana: to deprive (a person) of the right to care for one's own person or affairs because of mental incapacity compare commit, curator, tutor
2: to authoritatively prohibit or bar (an act or conduct)
3: to intercept or cut off (as a drug shipment) by force

Merriam-Webster’s Dictionary of Law. . 1996.

interdict
I verb arrest, bar, block, check, debar, declare illegal, deny, deter, disallow, embargo, enjoin, forbid, halt, hinder, impede, inhibit, interdicere, obstruct, preclude, prevent, prohibit, proscribe, refuse permission, repress, restrain, restrict, stop, thwart, veto II index ban, bar (obstruction), bar (exclude), block, coerce, condemn (ban), constraint (restriction), debar, enjoin, forbid, inhibit, prohibit, prohibition, proscription, renounce, restrain, restrict, veto

Burton's Legal Thesaurus. . 2006


interdict
in Scotland, an order of a court prohibiting conduct. Only in certain occasions may it have a positive effect. See injunction.

Collins dictionary of law. . 2001.

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