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
  • Drone prohibitions go as far south as Hancocks Bridge and as far north as Cedar Grove and Clifton.
    Jay Blackman, NBC News, 20 Dec. 2024
  • Ammunition Some people will find this an obvious prohibition, but many, many people still bring ammunition in their carry-ons.
    Billie Cohen, AFAR Media, 19 Dec. 2024
Definition of prohibition
Noun
  • While those shouldn’t be discredited, there are a slew of newer titles that are quickly becoming canon for families around this time of year.
    Christopher Rosa, Glamour, 25 Dec. 2024
  • Well, the show has some minor inconsistencies within the larger canon, although most of it can be ignored.
    Gord Magill, Newsweek, 22 Dec. 2024
Definition of canon
Noun
  • The government has called on Mehta to impose restrictions for a decade.
    Paresh Dave, WIRED, 21 Dec. 2024
  • Movement on the issue, however, seems unlikely as Republicans are set to take control of the Senate in January, highlighting the challenges of imposing restrictions on a separate branch of government amid declining public confidence in the Court.
    Gord Magill, Newsweek, 21 Dec. 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
  • Republicans have suggested the sprawling measure, which runs more than 1,500 pages, is omnibus legislation—a single spending package that ties together multiple bills—rather than a continuing resolution (CR) to temporarily extend funding at existing levels.
    Dan Perry, Newsweek, 18 Dec. 2024
  • Accra, Ghana Reuters — Ghana’s Supreme Court on Wednesday dismissed two separate cases challenging the legality of one of Africa’s most restrictive pieces of anti-LGBT legislation, paving the way for the president to sign it into law.
    Reuters, CNN, 18 Dec. 2024
Definition of legislation
Noun
  • The amendment was approved by the House in 1971 and the Senate in 1972.
    Ashleigh Fields, The Hill, 15 Dec. 2024
  • In short, unless and until a different amendment is passed, these states cannot ban hunting.
    Patrik Jonsson, The Christian Science Monitor, 13 Dec. 2024
Definition of amendment
Noun
  • Birthright citizenship’s legal underpinnings The notion of birthright citizenship can be traced to 1608 with Calvin’s Case, a British decision that became part of the common law adopted in the U.S. legal system’s early days.
    Louis Jacobson, Austin American-Statesman, 12 Dec. 2024
  • Civil rights attorneys say the fallback to common law is designed to keep law enforcement officers immune from civil claims despite the 2020 reforms.
    Shelly Bradbury, The Denver Post, 12 Nov. 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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