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==Origin==
classical [[Latin]] prohibit-, past participial stem of prohib{e}re to forbid, stop, to prevent, preclude, to withhold, to proscribe, ban, to restrain
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/14th_century 14th Century]
==Definitions==
*1: the act of prohibiting by [[authority]]
*2: an order to restrain or stop
*3: often capitalized : the forbidding by [[law]] of the [[manufacture]], [[transportation]], and sale of alcoholic [[liquors]] except for medicinal and [[sacramental]] [[purposes]]
==Description==
'''Prohibition''' of alcohol, often referred to simply as prohibition, is a sumptuary [[law]] which restricts or prohibits the manufacture, transportation, import, export, and sale of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alcohol alcohol] and [[Liquor|alcoholic]] beverages. The term can also apply to the periods in the histories of the countries during which the prohibition of alcohol was enforced. Use of the term as applicable to a historical period is typically applied to countries of European culture. In some countries of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muslim_world Muslim world], consumption of alcoholic beverages is forbidden according to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sharia Islamic Law] — though the strictness by which this prohibition was and is enforced varies considerably between various Islamic countries and various periods in their [[history]].[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prohibition]
[[Category: Law]]
==Origin==
classical [[Latin]] prohibit-, past participial stem of prohib{e}re to forbid, stop, to prevent, preclude, to withhold, to proscribe, ban, to restrain
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/14th_century 14th Century]
==Definitions==
*1: the act of prohibiting by [[authority]]
*2: an order to restrain or stop
*3: often capitalized : the forbidding by [[law]] of the [[manufacture]], [[transportation]], and sale of alcoholic [[liquors]] except for medicinal and [[sacramental]] [[purposes]]
==Description==
'''Prohibition''' of alcohol, often referred to simply as prohibition, is a sumptuary [[law]] which restricts or prohibits the manufacture, transportation, import, export, and sale of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alcohol alcohol] and [[Liquor|alcoholic]] beverages. The term can also apply to the periods in the histories of the countries during which the prohibition of alcohol was enforced. Use of the term as applicable to a historical period is typically applied to countries of European culture. In some countries of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muslim_world Muslim world], consumption of alcoholic beverages is forbidden according to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sharia Islamic Law] — though the strictness by which this prohibition was and is enforced varies considerably between various Islamic countries and various periods in their [[history]].[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prohibition]
[[Category: Law]]
