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prior restraints

prior restraints is the plural of prior restraint.

Meaning of prior restraint

Noun

prior restraint (plural prior restraints)

  1. A restriction on expression imposed before the fact against particular speech or ideas (as opposed to restrictions against general subject matter or imposed after the fact against a particular instance of expression).

Questions about prior restraints

What is prior restraints the plural of?
Prior restraints is the plural of prior restraint.

Words near prior restraints in the dictionary

  1. prior conventual
  2. prior knowledge
  3. prior probabilities
  4. prior probability
  5. prior restraint
  6. prior restraints
  7. prior to
  8. priorable
  9. prioracy
  10. priorate
  11. priorates

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