Prohibition (disambiguation)

Prohibition (disambiguation)

Prohibition refers to the act of prohibiting a certain substance or act.

"'Prohibition may refer to:

*Prohibition of alcohol - periods in several countries during which the manufacture, transportation, import, export, and sale of alcoholic beverages is restricted or illegal
** Prohibition in the United States
** Prohibition in Canada
*Prohibition (drugs)
**War on Drugs - an initiative undertaken by the United States to carry out an "all-out offensive" (as President Nixon described it) against the possession of certain drugs by moving them into the purview of the black market
*Prohibition (writ) - in the United States, is an official legal document drafted and issued by a supreme court or superior court to a judge presiding over a suit in an inferior court. The writ of prohibition mandates the inferior court to cease any action over the case because it may not fall within that inferior court's jurisdiction
*Prohibition sign - a red circle with a diagonal line through it (running from top left to bottom right), covering a pictogram to indicate something is not permitted
*In the Qur'an, sura 66, At-Tahrim, is generally translated as "Prohibition".


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