writ of prohibition

English Thesaurus

1. a judicial writ from a higher court ordering a lower court not to exercise jurisdiction in a particular case (noun.communication)

hypernym	:	judicial writ, writ,
definition	:	(law) a legal document issued by a court or judicial officer (noun.communication)

domain category	:	jurisprudence, law,
definition	:	the collection of rules imposed by authority (noun.group)