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• The Mafia during Prohibition — By the 1920s The United States and the provinces within Canada had adopted prohibition (a law forbidding the sale of alcohol [Hallowell, Prohbition In Ontario, 1919 1923.1972. Ottawa: Love Printing Service. Pg ix] . It was during that era that… …   Wikipedia

• Prohibition in the United States — Detroit police inspecting equipment found in a clandestine underground brewery during the Prohibition era Prohibition in the United States (sometimes referred to as the Noble Experiment)[1] was a national ban on the sale, manufacture, and… …   Wikipedia

• prohibition — prohibit pro‧hib‧it [prəˈhɪbt ǁ proʊ ] verb [transitive] LAW to officially stop someone doing something by making it illegal or against the rules: • The firm s own internal rules now prohibit that type of loan. prohibit somebody from doing… …   Financial and business terms

• Prohibition Party — Chairman Toby Davis Founded 1869 (1869) Ideology Temperance Website …   Wikipedia

• Prohibition in Canada — refers to a movement and a succession of actions at the local, county and provincial levels for the prohibition of alcohol, beginning in the late 19th century and continuing well into the 20th century. The temperance movement reached its height… …   Wikipedia

• Prohibition (disambiguation) — Prohibition refers to the act of prohibiting a certain substance or act. Prohibition may refer to:*Prohibition of alcohol periods in several countries during which the manufacture, transportation, import, export, and sale of alcoholic beverages… …   Wikipedia

• Prohibition in Russian Empire and Soviet Union — existed during 1914 1925. The Russian term is сухой закон ( sukhoy zakon , literally dry law ). Imperial Russia The variant of the prohibition introduced in Russian Empire in 1914 permitted the sale of hard liquors only in restaurants. It was… …   Wikipedia

• prohibition — (n.) late 14c., from O.Fr. prohibition (early 13c.), from L. prohibitionem (nom. prohibitio) a hindering, forbidding, from prohibitus, pp. of prohibere hold back, from pro away, forth (see PRO (Cf. pro )) + habere to hold (see HABIT …   Etymology dictionary

• Prohibition — For prohibition of certain other drugs, see Prohibition (drugs). For the general concept of legal prohibition, see Prohibitionism. For other uses, see Prohibition (disambiguation). A raid in 1925, in Elk Lake, Ontario Prohibition of alcohol,… …   Wikipedia

• Prohibition of drugs — See also: Drug prohibition law U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration in a training exercise. The prohibition of drugs through sumptuary legislation or religious law is a common means of attempting to prevent drug use. Prohibition of drugs has… …   Wikipedia

• prohibition — prohibitionary, adj. /proh euh bish euhn/, n. 1. the act of prohibiting. 2. the legal prohibiting of the manufacture and sale of alcoholic drinks for common consumption. 3. (often cap.) the period (1920 33) when the Eighteenth Amendment was in… …   Universalium