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interdict (ĭn`tərdĭkt), ecclesiastical censure notably used in the Roman Catholic Church, especially in the Middle Ages. When a parish, state, or nation is placed under the interdict no public church ceremony may take place, only certain sacraments, especially baptism, may be administered, and the dead may not receive Christian burial. The interdict is used to sway public opinion and to force action. A famous example was the interdict placed upon England during the reign of King John by Innocent III in 1208. interdict 1. RC Church the exclusion of a person or all persons in a particular place from certain sacraments and other benefits, although not from communion 2. Civil law any order made by a court or official prohibiting an act 3. Scots law an order having the effect of an injunction 4. Roman history a. an order of a praetor commanding or forbidding an act b. the procedure by which this order was sought How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| The Coast Guard, we were assured, could seamlessly shift from handling drug interdiction to interdicting terrorists, to fishing law enforcement, to ice-breaking and to boating safety--or do them all simultaneously if need be. One of the Navy's most decorated squadrons of the war, HAL-3 was composed of nine detachments that ranged up and down the intricate waterways of South Vietnam enforcing Operation Game Warden, interdicting enemy supply efforts to Communist forces in the south. The campaign included harassing and interdicting (H & I) fires with the collection of enemy indirect fire data using Q-36/Q-37 radars and the Special Operations Forces (SOF) unique test system: the unattended transient acoustic measurement and signatures intelligence (MASINT) system (UTAMS). |
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