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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]