capitulary

noun

Definition of capitularynext
as in prohibition

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  1. prohibition
  2. canon
  3. restriction
  4. proscription
  5. legislation
  6. amendment
  7. common law
  8. encyclical
Noun
  • Noncitizens who knowingly violate the prohibition on casting ballots can face fines or up to a year in prison under federal law or a state sentence of up to three years in county jail.
    — Ben Paviour, Sacbee.com, 23 Oct. 2026
  • The Senate will soon weigh in on the latest Farm Bill, which now seeks to expand market opportunities for mink farmers by undoing a prohibition in federal law on subsidizing the fur trade.
    — Nat Lash, ProPublica, 23 Oct. 2026
Definition of prohibition
Noun
  • With all respect to West’s previous cheating-on-television canon, War might be his finest adulterous work.
    — Elise Taylor, Vanity Fair, 24 Oct. 2026
  • But the great characters in the modern Western canon are always ripe for interpretation.
    — Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 16 Oct. 2026
Definition of canon
Noun
  • For instance, the Supreme Court in late October allowed New Hampshire to enforce restrictions on using student identification cards as valid voter IDs.
    — Kaelan Deese, The Washington Examiner, 28 Oct. 2026
  • McKnight ordered the restrictions after the Holy See’s Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith (DDF), which handles certain disciplinary actions involving clergy, issued a penal precept for Kallal.
    — Judy L. Thomas, Kansas City Star, 27 Oct. 2026
Definition of restriction
Noun
  • The government has not lifted the ban on Palestine Action, however, and the group continues to challenge its proscription in court.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 15 Oct. 2026
  • More than 3,000 people ​have since been arrested for holding signs in support of Palestine Action and its proscription has ​been criticized by civil liberties groups.
    — CNN Money, CNN Money, 14 Oct. 2026
Definition of proscription
Noun
  • In 2026, the Blake Burgess Blood Clot Prevention Act was passed in Oklahoma; Mississippi proposed similar legislation.
    — Ali Ataya, The Conversation, 26 Oct. 2026
  • The president leads the armed forces and can veto legislation, signs international treaties and appoints ambassadors.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 25 Oct. 2026
Definition of legislation
Noun
  • And in Maryland, voters will decide on a constitutional amendment that would enable mid-decade changes.
    — Kayla Hayempour, NBC news, 26 Oct. 2026
  • Experts say the amendments could affect how the Japanese public views the imperial family.
    — Chad de Guzman, Time, 26 Oct. 2026
Definition of amendment
Noun
  • Immigration violations are civil infractions, not crimes, and both common law and state statutes bar such arrests at courthouses.
    — Sharon Bernstein, Sacbee.com, 15 Oct. 2026
  • The king’s common law immunity in Britain has likely been inherited by Australia, a former British colony that continues to recognize Britain’s monarch as its own head of state.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 28 Sep. 2026
Definition of common law
Noun
  • Rather than have a handful of prelates talk about the encyclical at a Vatican press conference, Leo himself presided over the presentation.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 17 Oct. 2026
  • Though Rome was not convinced (Columbus had not, to anyone’s knowledge, performed any miracles), in 1892, Pope Leo XIII did issue a special encyclical calling on all clergy in the Americas and in Europe to hold a special Mass each Columbus Day.
    — Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 22 Sep. 2026
Definition of encyclical
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