What does "interdictum" mean?

A prohibition: a legal order issued by a praetor (or, in the provinces, a proconsul) at the request of a claimant and addressed to another person, imposing a requirement either to do something or to abstain from doing something.

What is a synonym for "interdictum"?

Common synonyms include: ban, contraband, denial, embargo, exclusion, forbidden fruit.

Interdictum

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Noun

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A prohibition: a legal order issued by a praetor (or, in the provinces, a proconsul) at the request of a claimant and addressed to another person, imposing a requirement either to do something or to abstain from doing something. Ancient-Rome, historical

Synonyms

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ban contraband denial embargo exclusion forbidden fruit

Etymology

From Latin interdictum.

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