term:

Prohibition

prohibition n

1 a : an extraordinary writ issued by a higher court commanding an inferior court to keep within its proper jurisdiction (as by ceasing a prosecution)
b : an order to refrain or stop
2 a : something (as a law) that prohibits a certain act or procedure
b cap
: the period from 1920 to 1933 in the U.S. when the manufacture, transportation, and sale of alcoholic liquors was prohibited by the Eighteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution
pro·hib·i·tive [prō-hi-bə-tiv]
adj

pro·hib·i·tive·ly adv

pro·hib·i·to·ry [-hi-bə-tōr-ē]
adj

Source: Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law ©1996. Merriam-Webster, Incorporated. Published under license with Merriam-Webster, Incorporated.