Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (2)
1.
authoritative prohibition;
2.
a court order prohibiting a party from doing a certain activity;
[syn: interdict, interdiction]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Interdiction \In`ter*dic"tion\, n. [L. interdictio: cf. F.
interdiction.]
The act of interdicting; prohibition; prohibiting decree;
curse; interdict.
[1913 Webster]
The truest issue of thy throne
By his own interdiction stands accurst. --Shak.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
interdiction
n 1: authoritative prohibition
2: a court order prohibiting a party from doing a certain
activity [syn: interdict, interdiction]