legal prohibition
collocation in Englishmeaningsoflegalandprohibition
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legal
adjective
uk/ˈliː.ɡəl/us/ˈliː.ɡəl/
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prohibition
noun[C or U]
uk/ˌprəʊ.ɪˈbɪʃ.ən/us/ˌproʊ.ɪˈbɪʃ.ən/
the act of officially not allowing something, or an order that ...
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(Definition oflegalandprohibitionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Indeed, the subleasing arrangement evolved in spite oflegalprohibition.
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There is nolegalprohibition.
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So while her action runs afoul of a standinglegalprohibition, in her case the state's punitive hands are tied.
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They are under nolegalprohibition.
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He waved thelegalprohibition, but he went further.
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There is nolegalprohibitionagainst that being done.
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There is nolegalprohibitionon new markets being formed.
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Considered philosophically,legalprohibitionconfounds rights thinking and neglects social resources capable of addressing the emotional distress of hateful statements that are not immediately harmful to their objects.
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In particular, those means of control must include measures for thelegalprohibitionof misleading advertisements.
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The law andlegalprohibitionshould be kept in their proper place.
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There was nolegalprohibitionon dealing, but they agreed voluntarily not to deal.
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Even so, alegalprohibitionon closed shops to quell the fears of proprietors and editors cannot be made effective.
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Therefore, when formulating the rules, we need to think very specifically aboutlegalprohibitionof certain types of speculation.
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Not every activity to which moral objection is taken by some is properly made the subject of alegalprohibition.
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However, he feared to ban it outright, for he felt, no doubt correctly, that itslegalprohibitionwould lead to widespread smuggling.
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I thought it a sound thing that we should give statutory effect to the existinglegalprohibitionagainst racial incitement to hatred.
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Were that to happen, however, a manufacturer clearly could increase his prices within 12 months without incurring an automaticlegalprohibition.
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It is a day of worship and of gladness; it is not a day of merelegalprohibitionand abstention from work.
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It believes alegalprohibitionof payments to people for their stories is neither wholly desirable nor likely to prove practicable.
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However, it requires a careful, long and analytical look at the objections to the activity before the extreme of alegalprohibitioncan be justified.
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It is not the purpose of law to signify approval of what is no longer subject tolegalprohibitionor penalty.
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Legalprohibitionof discriminatory behavior, however, can only be effective if it is enforced.
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This resulted in alegalprohibitionof domestic water charges at national level.
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Despite thelegalprohibitionof alcohol, many illegal bars and casinos operated undisturbed by the police.
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The activities of ticket touts are regarded by most of us as offensive and disreputable, but they are not of such a nature as would justifylegalprohibition.
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