INHIBITION

inhibition (in-hi-bish-<<schwa>>n), n.1.Eccles. law. A writ issued by a superior ecclesiastical court, forbidding a judge from proceeding in a pending case. 2.Eccles. law. An order issuing from an ecclesiastical court, prohibiting a member of the clergy from taking office or performing an unlawful action. 3.Hist. A writ of prohibition. See PROHIBITION(2).4.Scots law. An order issued by the Court of Session to prohibit a debtor from encumbering or alienating the debtor’s heritable property to the prejudice of a creditor. See PROHIBITION(2); EX CAPITE INHIBITIONIS.

[Blacks Law 8th]