Legal Dictionary of Pakistan

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Interdiction

1. The act of prohibiting.

complete interdiction

See full interdiction under INTERDICTION (2)

decretal interdict

An interdict that signified the praetor's order or decree by applying the remedy in a pending case.

edictal interdict

An interdict that declared the praetor's intention to give a remedy in certain cases, usu. in a way that preserves or restores possession.

exhibitory interdict

An interdict by which a praetor compelled a person or thing to be produced.

full interdiction

The complete removal of one's right to care for oneself and one's affairs or estate because of mental incapacity. - Also termed complete interdiction.

full interdiction.

See INTERDICTION (2)

interdict

ub. 1. To forbid or restrain. 2. Civil law. To remove a person's right to handle personal affairs because of mental incapacity.

interdiction of commercial intercourse

Int'l law. A governmental prohibition of commercial trade. 2. Civil law. The act of depriving a person of the right to care for his or her affairs because of mental incapacity.

interdictory

adj. 1. Of or relating to an interdiction. 2. Having the power to interdict. - Also termed interdictive.

interdictum quod vi aut clam

[Latin "interdict because of force or stealth"] Roman law. An interdict issued against a person who forcibly (vi) or secretly (clam) altered the claimant's property. ( The interdict required the defendant to restore the property to its previous condition.

limited interdict

A person whose right to care for himself or herself has been partially removed because of mental incapacity; a person subject to limited interdiction.

limited interdiction

See INTERDICTION (2).

possessory interdict

An interdict that protected a tenant who had been ejected or threatened with disturbance. ( Possessory interdicts were summary processes of Roman law.

prohibitory interdict

An interdict by which a praetor forbade something to be done.

restitutory interdict

An interdict by which a praetor directed something to be restored to someone who had been dispossessed of it. 2. Eccles. law. An order prohibiting a person from attending divine services or barring their being conducted at a particular place. 3. Civil law. One who is subject to interdiction.