1. Eccles. law. A writ issued by a superior ecclesiastical court, forbidding a judge from proceeding in a pending case.
2. Eccles. law. An order issuing from an ecclesiastical court, prohibiting a member of the clergy from taking office or performing an unlawful action.
3. Hist. A writ of prohibition. See PROHIBITION(2).
4. Scots law. An order issued by the Court of Session to prohibit a debtor from encumbering or alienating the debtor’s heritable property to the prejudice of a creditor. See PROHIBITION(2); EX CAPITE INHIBITIONIS.
