prior restraint

English

Alternative forms

  • prior censorship
  • pre-publication censorship

Noun

prior restraint (plural prior restraints)

  1. (law) 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).

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