Proscriptions

Some of the so-called “unsolved problems” of evolutionary theory might then become design-based predictions, perhaps framed as proscriptions, that is, as propositions of the form “event or phenomenon x will not occur.” ❋ Unknown (2005)

Men's faces grew pale as they recalled the proscriptions of Sulla, and saw in the assassination of Cæsar the first act in a similar reign of terror. ❋ Philip Van Ness Myers (N/A)

These dreadful lists were called proscriptions, and any one who tried to shelter the victims was treated in the same manner. ❋ Charlotte Mary Yonge (1862)

This approach of "proscriptions" had been used before e.g. ❋ Unknown (2008)

"proscriptions" in Rome, of the revolutionary tribunals in France. ❋ Unknown (1897)

And they simply ignored the Puritan and Victorian proscriptions against “indolence,” “extravagance,” and “dissipating luxury.” ❋ Thaddeus Russell (2010)

The Court stated that proscriptions against that conduct have ancient roots. ❋ Erwin Chemerinsky (2010)

Prostitutes plied their trade free of legal or moral proscriptions. ❋ Thaddeus Russell (2010)

Congress must protect the American people from the over-reach of any Chief Executive who is enamored with unilateralism, pre-emption, first strike and the power to prosecute war without Constitutional or statutory proscriptions. ❋ Rep. Dennis Kucinich (2011)

It's a structural organization of society's possessions, mobility, and governance meshing every strata of civilization and the human primordiality beneath that stratification, while on the surface it performs as a theater of legislative proscriptions and prescriptions. ❋ G. Roger Denson (2011)

Congressional proscriptions against assassination, fraud, perjury (in his employment applications, in his background biographic forms required for seeking security clearances, etc), multiple tax violations (says he never declared his alleged "compensation" from the CIA), and ❋ Unknown (2010)

In addition to the usual proscriptions about paying for abortions Mr. Smith's bill adds additional restrictions on how abortions are paid for. ❋ Christopher Brauchli (2011)

In Manhattan—and most cities in the U.S.—the legal proscriptions governing food trucks are baffling, and the barriers to entry for new businesses predictably onerous. ❋ Michael C. Moynihan (2011)

They have pushed for onerous disclosure regulations and even proscriptions against judges attending conferences sponsored by groups with corporate donors. ❋ David B. Rivkin Jr. (2011)

And multiplying acts of cultural subversion are gradually making it impossible for the party to impose its categories of thought, even if it can still impose proscriptions on action. ❋ Bret Stephens (2012)

I'd just like to observe that if you take the religious proscriptions out of the Ten Commandments you have the basic ethics of human groups from bike gangs to the United Nations. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Although I sort of believed some of these proscriptions (ending with a preposition and splitting infinitives), they never seemed logical enough to be hard rules. ❋ Unknown (2009)

I use [ProScript] as my [IRC] Channels [bot]. It rocks! ❋ ProScript (2007)

I use ProScript as my [IRC] [Channels] [bot]. It rocks! ❋ ProScript (2008)