prohibition

The act of prohibiting or the condition of being prohibited.

A rule or law that forbids something.

The forbidding by law of the manufacture, transportation, and sale of alcoholic beverages.

The period (1920–1933) during which the 18th Amendment forbidding the manufacture, transportation, and sale of alcoholic beverages was in force in the United States.

The act of prohibiting, forbidding, or interdicting; an edict or a decree to forbid or debar.

In a restricted sense, the interdiction by law of the manufacture and sale of alcoholic drinks, except for medicinal or sacramental uses.

In Scots law, a technical clause in a deed of entail prohibiting the heir from selling the estate, contracting debt, altering the order of succession, etc. Synonyms Interdiction, inhibition, embargo. See prohibit.

The act of prohibiting; a declaration or injunction forbidding some action; interdict.

Specifically, the forbidding by law of the sale of alcoholic liquors as beverages.