- a variation of prohibitive.
prohibitory
Example Sentences
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"Any person violating these prohibitory orders shall be liable for prosecution," Delhi Police said in a statement.
From Barron's ● Jul. 20, 2026
In the following years, Cherian was arrested several times for violating prohibitory orders and participating in protests.
From BBC ● Aug. 17, 2022
“From this alone, it would seem to follow that Texas’s laws fall on the regulatory rather than prohibitory side of the line — and thus may not be applied on tribal lands,” he added.
From Washington Times ● Jun. 15, 2022
We are aware that there is a prohibitory law in existence respecting these animals, but it is seen that they roam abroad at pleasure, no one considering it their business to interfere with them.”
From New York Times ● Dec. 1, 2010
So great was this loss felt that it gave rise to the prohibitory laws and the decadence in England of the manufacture of iron, already alluded to.
From Inventions in the Century by William Henry Doolittle
