Inhibition. An ancient synonym for PROHIBITION.
In the (English) Ecclesiastical Law, the command of a bishop or ecclesiastical judge that a clergyman shall cease from taking any duty, See, e.g., Sequestration Act, 1871 (34 & 35 Vict. c. 45), s. 5; (English) Benefices (Ecclesiastical Duties) Measures, 1926 (16 & 17 Geo. 5, No. 8); Dale's Case, (1881) 6 QBD 376.
Under the (English) Land Registration Act, 1925, an order of Court or entry by the chief land registrar inhibiting temporarily the registration or any dealing with registered land or a registered charge; see (English) L.R. Act, 1925, s. 58, (English) L.R. Rules 230-234, and 237, and Fortescue-Brickdale and Stewart Wallace, 'Land Registration.'
In the Scots Law: (1) A writ whereby the debtor or party inhibited is prohibited from contracting any debt which may become a burden on his heritable property. See 31 & 32 Vict. c. 101, s. 156, and Sch. (20 A writ prohibiting and discharging all persons from giving credit to a man's wife, Bell's Law dictionary.
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