capitulary

noun

Definition of capitularynext
as in prohibition

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  1. prohibition
  2. canon
  3. restriction
  4. proscription
  5. legislation
  6. amendment
  7. common law
  8. encyclical
Noun
  • That prohibition did not explicitly cover online sales, but the city of San Diego is one of a number of local governments that adopted laws to eliminate any potential loophole.
    Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 13 Nov. 2024
  • There is no prohibition in statute of law that would keep a county from keeping their registrar's office open on the weekend to collect absentee ballots.
    Daniel Klaidman, CBS News, 4 Nov. 2024
Definition of prohibition
Noun
  • With more than 760 million streams, the track is rightfully at the top of the Pink Floyd canon.
    Katherine Turman, Los Angeles Times, 1 Nov. 2024
  • Over the course of his 90 minutes, Marr let his music do the talking, carefully curating a setlist which pairs highlights from the Smiths canon alongside solo material and a few cuts from Electronic, his 90s collaboration with New Order singer/guitarist Bernard Sumner.
    Jim Ryan, Forbes, 29 Oct. 2024
Definition of canon
Noun
  • Will Republican lawmakers continue to use the myth of widespread voter fraud to implement further restrictions on mail-in and early voting?
    Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 12 Nov. 2024
  • The sheer number of cyclists snarled traffic and prompted restrictions by the city's tourism-hungry officials, who had encouraged them to come.
    Elizabeth Robinson, NBC News, 12 Nov. 2024
Definition of restriction
Noun
  • Under Elizabethan feudalism this notion was unthinkable if only because none but the royal had the alternatives of seemingly absolute choice, the liberties of the masses being hedged about by all sorts of rigid proscriptions.
    Andrew Aoyama, The Atlantic, 28 Feb. 2024
  • Washington also secured buy-in for a proscription against the use of force to alter international boundaries, helping lock in place a status quo that has benefited the United States.
    Ryan Hass, Foreign Affairs, 24 Oct. 2023
Definition of proscription
Noun
  • While state officials began preparing for a second Trump presidency and Democrats questioned what went wrong with Vice President Kamala Harris’s campaign, California passed legislation cracking down on crime and expanding environmental protections across the state.
    Grant Stringer, The Mercury News, 6 Nov. 2024
  • In the House, where all 435 seats are on the ballot, the election results will have a major impact on the incoming President’s ability to pass legislation and enact key elements of his or her agenda.
    Simmone Shah, TIME, 5 Nov. 2024
Definition of legislation
Noun
  • The lone constitutional amendment question on Tuesday's ballot had not been finalized by the end of the night, with the latest results showing 53% of voters voting to approve the measure that would change the governor's line of succession and 46% voting against.
    Caroline Beck, The Indianapolis Star, 6 Nov. 2024
  • The constitutional amendment renews approval for the state using Minnesota State Lottery revenue for conservation, raises the amount of lottery money the state can spend each year and creates a new advisory council to decide how to award grants.
    Alex Derosier, Twin Cities, 6 Nov. 2024
Definition of amendment
Noun
  • The judge in Hart’s case has yet to rule on the common law immunity argument.
    Shelly Bradbury, The Denver Post, 12 Nov. 2024
  • So, as society’s understanding and treatment of animals have changed, common law also should change to absorb those new norms.
    Lauren Penington, The Denver Post, 24 Oct. 2024
Definition of common law
Noun
  • The foundational document of Catholic social tradition, the 1891 encyclical of Pope Leo XIII, argued that individual freedom did little to help workers secure a living wage, and valorized workers’ associations, urging government to intervene to balance the economy.
    New York Times, New York Times, 19 Oct. 2021
  • Benedict asked in a characteristic passage of a 2007 encyclical on hope.
    Rachel Donadio, New York Times, 31 Dec. 2022
Definition of encyclical
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