prohibitory

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In the following years, Cherian was arrested several times for violating prohibitory orders and participating in protests.

From BBC • Aug. 17, 2022

“From this alone, it would seem to follow that Texas’s laws fall on the regulatory rather than prohibitory side of the line — and thus may not be applied on tribal lands,” he added.

From Washington Times • Jun. 15, 2022

We had a productive email exchange in which we both agreed that Godwin’s Law should be taken less as prohibitory than as cautionary.

From Slate • Aug. 25, 2014

The ministry, headed by Sushil Kumar Shinde, had issued a prohibitory order against the demonstration, citing a law that forbids the gathering of more than five people.

From New York Times • Jan. 20, 2014

It is argued, on the other side, that pauperism has diminished in those Unions where the "prohibitory order" has been issued; and, in proof thereof, we are referred to reports and tables showing diminished expenditure.

From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Vol. 60, No. 373, November 1846 by Various