interdiction

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Some of the tasks have a short list - CBRN interdiction (not WMD interdiction, as one might expect) has 11 performance measures.

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  1. The act of interdicting; authoritative prohibition; declaratory estoppel. The truest issue of thy throne By his own interdiction stands accurs'd. Shak., Macbeth, iv. 3, 106. Sternly he pronounced The rigid interdiction, which resounds Yet dreadful in mine ear. Milton, P. L., viii. 334. By this means the Kingdom was released of the interdiction. Baker, Chronicles, p. 73.
  2. In law, judicial restraint imposed upon one who, from unsoundness of mind, weakness, or improvidence, is incapable of managing his own affairs, or is liable to imposition. An inquisition of lunacy relates to the present or past. The interdiction expressed or implied by the confirmation of the inquisition and the appointment of a guardian relates to the future, and from the time of interdiction no act of the person is valid without the intervention of the court.
  3. In Roman law, an edict or decree of the pretor to meet the circumstances of a particular case, but granted usually from considerations of a public character. See interdict, n., 2.
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  • American and NATO military forces can still help on the borders with Egypt and on the seas for interdiction, and they may remain in the area for strategic support. —  Counterterrorism Blog
  • In addition to the traditional methods of combating counterfeiting through interdiction, and a proactive investigative strategy, another strategy that trademark owners 'in-house counsel can implement in this fight is to target property owners where the trademark owners find their counterfeit products during an investigation .... —  Mondaq.Com - feed of articles
  • Some of the tasks have a short list - CBRN interdiction (not WMD interdiction, as one might expect) has 11 performance measures. —  Armchair Generalist
  • Drug and migrant interdiction is a key concern in the United States generally, and in South Florida particularly. —  JINSA Online -
  • At the Perceptric think tank, we have a theory: the harder and higher the level of interdiction, the greater the pushback from the p2p community. —  p2pnet news
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  1. = French interdiction = Spanish interdiccion = Portuguese interdicção = Italian interdizione, from Latin interdictio(n-), a prohibiting, from interdicere, past participle interdictus, prohibit, forbid: see interdict, v.
 

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