Prohibition

1 What it means

A writ stopping a lower court or tribunal from continuing a case outside its jurisdiction. It acts before the decision is made.

2 Use it in a sentence

A writ of prohibition stopped the tribunal from hearing a case it had no power to hear.

3 Make it stick

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