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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双语律师Denise，知名法学院国际私法专业，擅长翻译各类与国际争议解决相关的法律文件。