prohibitionn.[L. prohibitio: cf. F. prohibition.]()1. The act of prohibiting; a declaration or injunction forbidding some action; interdict.()The law of God, in the ten commandments, consists mostly of prohibitions. (Tillotson.)2. Specifically, the forbidding by law of the sale of alcoholic liquors as beverages.()Writ of prohibition (Law), a writ issued by a superior tribunal, directed to an inferior court, commanding the latter to cease from the prosecution of a suit depending before it. Blackstone.()()