English Explanatory Dictionary

prior restraint

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  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).

Word forms

prior restraint prior restraints prior censorship pre-publication censorship
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