(legal, Scotland) A clause in a deed of entail forbidding the heir to sell the estate, contract debt, etc.
(legal, Scotland) A clause in a deed of entail forbidding the heir to sell the estate, contract debt, etc.
(legal) A writ from a superior tribunal staying proceedings in a lower court.
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Tending to prohibit, preclude, or disallow.
(UK, legal) A writ of prohibition against proceeding in the spiritual court in certain cases, when the suit belongs to the common-law courts.
(Scots law) An injunction.
(legal, Scotland) The process that prohibits a debtor from making payment to the creditor until another debt due to the person making use of the arrestment by such creditor is paid.