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Legal definition of Writ of prohibition

legal definition of Writ of prohibition

 

Writ of prohibition is issued by the superior court to the lower court or a body when it tries to transgress the limits or powers vested in it.

It is a writ issued by a superior court to lower court or a tribunal forbidding it to perform an act outside its jurisdiction.

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