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
  • For example, Goldwater Institute's claim that the increase in the bed tax constitutes an unconstitutional tax on a service misconstrues the Arizona Constitution's prohibition on tax increases for services.
    Kelly Phillips Erb, Forbes, 9 Jan. 2025
  • The current version of the policy maintains prohibitions on Holocaust denials, Blackface, insinuations about Jewish people controlling the media.
    Kate Knibbs, WIRED, 7 Jan. 2025
Definition of prohibition
Noun
  • The old tradition that the bride’s parents should cover the bill is no longer nuptial canon.
    Virginia Van Zanten, Vogue, 9 Jan. 2025
  • It’s been said John Cena will reprise his role, and the entire second season of Peacemaker will be canon to the DCU with some sort of explanation attached.
    Paul Tassi, Forbes, 9 Jan. 2025
Definition of canon
Noun
  • Pryor, like other D-1 athletes, accepted amateurism restrictions as a condition of playing college sports.
    Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 8 Jan. 2025
  • Banks, property owners and other private companies often have their own additional restrictions on employing, renting housing to or providing services to those with criminal records.
    Shirsho Dasgupta, Miami Herald, 8 Jan. 2025
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
  • The legislation would provide $500,000 for a committee to study the potential benefits of a launch site.
    Ars Technica, Ars Technica, 17 Jan. 2025
  • The big picture: The effort to position the legislation as the first Trump signs in his second term underscores how central immigration and border security will be for Republicans under the incoming administration.
    Axios, Axios, 17 Jan. 2025
Definition of legislation
Noun
  • The Senate will vote on amendments to the bill, which may include removing language related to state attorneys general.
    Jonathan Shorman, Kansas City Star, 15 Jan. 2025
  • Aldermen voted 39-11 to table the vote on an amendment from Southwest Side Alds.
    Jake Sheridan, Chicago Tribune, 15 Jan. 2025
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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