Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
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jurisprudence | Yes | No | No | No |
prohibition | Yes | No | No | No |
jurisprudence (noun) | prohibition (noun) |
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the branch of philosophy concerned with the law and the principles that lead courts to make the decisions they do | the action of prohibiting or inhibiting or forbidding (or an instance thereof) |
the collection of rules imposed by authority | a decree that prohibits something |
refusal to approve or assent to | |
a law forbidding the sale of alcoholic beverages | |
the period from 1920 to 1933 when the sale of alcoholic beverages was prohibited in the United States by a constitutional amendment |