ban
an official proclamation or public notice of prohibition.Collins Dictionary of Law © W.J. Stewart, 2006
BAN, A proclamation, or public notice any summons or edict by which a thing
is forbidden or commanded. Vide Bans of Matrimony; Proclamation; Cowell's
Interp.
A Law Dictionary, Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of the United States. By John Bouvier. Published 1856.