Definition for IN-HI-BI'TION

IN-HI-BI'TION, n. [Fr. from inhibitio.]

  1. Prohibition; restraint; embargo.
  2. In law, a writ to forbid or inhibit a judge from farther proceedings in a cause depending before him; commonly, a writ issuing from a higher ecclesiastical court to an inferior one, on appeal. Cowel.

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