in prohibitum
- noun
- /ɪn prəˈhɪbɪtəm/
- Formal
:
ilícito
- The lawyer argued that the transaction was clearly in prohibitum under current regulations.
Examples
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Any contract established in prohibitum cannot be enforced in court.
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Selling counterfeit goods is in prohibitum in the United States.
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The judge ruled the agreement void because it was made in prohibitum.
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Don't engage in activities that are in prohibitum!
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The court found the sale to be in prohibitum and unenforceable due to its illegal nature.
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Any actions taken in prohibitum may lead to serious legal consequences.
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The company was penalized for engaging in practices that were in prohibitum according to federal law.
Synonyms
335
6.1
An official rule that prevents someone from doing something
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1.2
An official rule that stops people from doing something
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4.4
An official rule that stops people from doing something
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7.1
Goods that people buy, sell, or keep illegally
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8.9
An official order by a court or authority that stops someone from doing something
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3.9
Making something not allowed by law or officials
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7.3
Something that the law does not allow
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8.8
An official rule that bans something or someone, usually by law
A state of being illegal or forbidden by law
The state of something not being allowed by rules or law
An official order not to do something
Antonyms
How Forbidden
Surface Forms
Morphology
in + prohibitum
Although the preposition 'in' and the root visible in 'prohibitum' cue a relation to 'prohibit' (so a learner might guess the phrase concerns something that is prohibited), the actual form is Latin and the meaning is a specialized legal distinction ('wrongful only because it is prohibited') that goes beyond the simple idea of being prohibited. Because the term is technical, Latin-derived, and carries a nuanced legal sense not predictable from everyday English vocabulary, it is only partially transparent to a B1 learner.
Etymology
In prohibitum comes from the Latin parts in and prohibitum, a short legal way to say an item is put on a banned list. Judges and lawyers used it to name things the law forbids, so now in prohibitum is used as a legal name for something 'forbidden by law'.