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  2. Prohibition - Wikipedia

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    Prohibition is the act or practice of forbidding something by law; more particularly the term refers to the banning of the manufacture, storage (whether in barrels or in bottles), transportation, sale, possession, and consumption of alcoholic beverages. The word is also used to refer to a period of time during which such bans are enforced.

  3. Prohibition (disambiguation) - Wikipedia

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    Prohibition refers to the act of prohibiting a certain substance or act.. Prohibition may also refer to: . Prohibition of alcohol, periods in several countries during which the manufacture, transportation, import, export, and sale of alcoholic beverages was or is restricted or illegal

  4. Ban (law) - Wikipedia

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    The modern sense "to prohibit" is influenced by the cognate Old Norse banna "to curse, to prohibit" and also from Old French ban, ultimately a loan from Old Frankish, meaning "outlawry, banishment". [1] The Indo-European etymology of the Germanic term is from a root *bha-meaning "to speak".

  5. Drug prohibition - Wikipedia

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    Some Islamic countries prohibit the use of alcohol (see list of countries with alcohol prohibition). Many governments levy a tax on alcohol and tobacco products, and restrict alcohol and tobacco from being sold or gifted to a minor. Other common restrictions include bans on outdoor drinking and indoor smoking.

  6. Prohibitionism - Wikipedia

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    Prohibitionism is a legal philosophy and political theory often used in lobbying which holds that citizens will abstain from actions if the actions are typed as unlawful (i.e. prohibited) and the prohibitions are enforced by law enforcement. [1]

  7. Food and drink prohibitions - Wikipedia

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    In Argentina and other Spanish language countries, bull's testicles are served as huevos de toro or 'bull's eggs'. In some regions, such as the European Union, brains and other organs which can transmit bovine spongiform encephalopathy ("mad cow disease") and similar diseases have now been banned from the food chain as specified risk materials.

  8. Can My Employer Ban Me From Speaking Spanish To Co-Workers? - AOL

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    She states that some other non-Spanish speaking workers claim it makes them uncomfortable. I am asked to assist Spanish-speaking customers with no additional pay, but this is not a concern. I will ...

  9. Everything which is not forbidden is allowed - Wikipedia

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    In other words, in the case of a Government Department, one must look at the statutes to see what it may not do, not as in the case of a company to see what it may do. [ 7 ] The doctrine is also mentioned in Halsbury's Laws of England (though not explicitly by name) [ 8 ] and the Cabinet Manual .