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# A [[law]] that [[prohibit]]s something, especially alcohol. # A [[law]] that [[prohibit]]s something, especially alcohol.
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-The term '''Prohibition''', also known as ''Dry Law'', refers to a law in a certain country by which the manufacture, transportation, import, export, and sale of [[alcoholic beverage]]s is restricted or [[illegal]]. The term also applies to the periods in the histories of the countries during which the prohibition was enforced. Usually the term as referred to a historical period is applied to countries of European culture. In the [[Muslim World]], consumption of alcoholic beverages is sometimes forbidden according to Islamic Law.+'''Prohibition of alcohol''', often referred to simply as '''prohibition''', is a [[sumptuary law]] which prohibits [[alcohol]]. Typically, the manufacture, transportation, import, export, and sale of [[alcoholic beverage]]s is restricted or illegal. The term can also apply to the periods in the histories of the countries during which the prohibition of alcohol was enforced. Use of the term as applicable to a historical period is typically applied to countries of European culture. In some countries of the [[Muslim world]], consumption of alcoholic beverages is forbidden according to [[Sharia|Islamic Law]] — though the strictness by which this prohibition was and is enforced varies considerably between various Islamic countries and various periods in their history.
In the early twentieth century, much of the impetus for the prohibition movement in the Nordic countries and North America came from [[Protestant]] wariness of alcohol. In the early twentieth century, much of the impetus for the prohibition movement in the Nordic countries and North America came from [[Protestant]] wariness of alcohol.

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  1. An act of prohibiting, forbidding, disallowing, or proscribing something.
  2. A law that prohibits something, especially alcohol.

Prohibition of alcohol, often referred to simply as prohibition, is a sumptuary law which prohibits alcohol. Typically, the manufacture, transportation, import, export, and sale of alcoholic beverages is restricted or illegal. The term can also apply to the periods in the histories of the countries during which the prohibition of alcohol was enforced. Use of the term as applicable to a historical period is typically applied to countries of European culture. In some countries of the Muslim world, consumption of alcoholic beverages is forbidden according to Islamic Law — though the strictness by which this prohibition was and is enforced varies considerably between various Islamic countries and various periods in their history.

In the early twentieth century, much of the impetus for the prohibition movement in the Nordic countries and North America came from Protestant wariness of alcohol.

The first half of the 20th century saw periods of prohibition of alcoholic beverages in several countries:



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