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Writ of prohibition   /rɪt əv prˌoʊəbˈɪʃən/   Listen
Writ of prohibition

noun
1.
A judicial writ from a higher court ordering a lower court not to exercise jurisdiction in a particular case.





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... is an order from a superior court to any person, corporation, or inferior—that is, lower—court requiring them to do something which it is part of their duty to do. A writ of prohibition is an order from a superior court prohibiting an inferior court from hearing or deciding a case, on the ground that it (the inferior court) has no jurisdiction ...
— Civil Government of Virginia • William F. Fox


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