a writ to inhibit or forbid a judge from farther proceeding in a cause depending before him.

Sometimes prohibition and inhibition are put together, as of the same import; but inhibition is most commonly a writ issuing out of a higher court-christian to a lower; and prohibition out of the king's court to an inferior court.

Scots law, a diligence obtained at the suit of a creditor against his debtor, prohibiting him from selling or contracting debts upon his estate to the creditor's prejudice.