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suppress

to put down by authority or force 2 a : to keep secret b : to stop or prohibit the publication or revelation of 3 a : to exclude (illegally obtained evidence) from use at trial [

desegregate

to eliminate laws regulations or customs which prohibit members of a specific racial or national group from using certain locations organizations or facilities to introduce members

Woman

anytime during four weeks after childbirth. The (English) Coal Mines Act, 1911, and the Metalliferous Mines Act, 1872, prohibit employment below ground in coal and metalliferous mines; and the (English) Agricultural Gangs Act, 1867 (30 & 31

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restraint on alienation

from alienating property ;specif : a provision in an instrument (as a deed or will) that purports to prohibit or penalize the use of the power of alienation NOTE: Though not necessarily unlawful, restraints on alienation are

Trout

the enactments relating to salmon and trout and freshwater fisheries in England and Wales. Sects. 1 and 2 prohibit the use of a light, otter lath, or jack, wire or snare, spear, gaff, strokehaul, snatch or the

Sunday

excepted). The (English) Hairdressers and Barbers Shops (Sunday Closing) Act, 1930 (20 & 21 Geo. 5, c. 35), prohibits opening on Sundays (Jewish hairdressers may open on Sunday but must close on Saturday). The (English) Shops (Sunday

Spouse

after the divorce when a second marriage is contracted if the former spouse is living that would not prohibit the parties from contracting the marriage within the meaning of clause (i), sub-s. (1) of s. 5 by

Rule against perpetuities

Rule against perpetuities, means the rule prohibit-ing a grant of an estate unless the interest must vest, if at all, no later than 21 years

Resident in India

Resident in India, the intention of the Legislature was plainly to prohibit all transactions in foreign exchange by persons who are residents of India whether such transactions take place during

Regulation and restriction

it to those to whom it is applied. The Oxford English Dictionary does not define 'regulate' to include prohibition so that if it had been the intention to prohibit the supply, distribution, consumption or use of energy,

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