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prior restraint

noun

  1. a court order banning publication of unpublished material.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of prior restraint1

First recorded in 1970–75
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Example Sentences

Those are three incidents of prior restraint before you can do the expression.

Britain has official secrets, prior restraint, anti-blasphemy and notoriously lax libel laws.

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