prohibitive statute

A statute that forbids all acts that disturb society’s peace or forbids certain acts on other grounds.

• An example of a noncriminal prohibitive statute is one forbidding the execution of a mentally retarded criminal because a person who lacks mental capacity cannot understand the reason for the punishment.

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译员雪梅，国际知名法学院劳动法专业，专注翻译各种与劳动雇佣有关的法律文件。