preclusion

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"The prosecutor in charge, with total autonomy and independence and attentive to criteria of legal impartiality and probatory objectivity, considers that the grounds for preclusion have been met," it added.

From Reuters • Aug. 1, 2022

“The negative decision of the Friars cannot be seen as a preclusion to going ahead with Fr. Judge’s cause,” Escalante wrote.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 4, 2021

How could she engage in ritual, a shared family practice of eating, with such an encompassing dietary preclusion?

From Salon • Aug. 31, 2021

A prosecutorial investigation that begins with the preclusion of prosecution, Sensenbrenner said later, is just “fishing.”

From Slate • Jul. 24, 2019

"Miss Curwen treats me with friendliness--a jesting friendliness, which is the very preclusion of love."

From Lawrence Clavering by Mason, A. E. W. (Alfred Edward Woodley)