Editing Writ of prohibition (section)

==In the United States==
A "writ of prohibition", in the United States, is a [[court order]] rendered by a higher court to a [[judge]] presiding over a suit in an inferior court.  The writ of prohibition mandates the inferior court to cease any action over the case because it may not fall within that inferior court's [[jurisdiction]].  The document is also issued at times when it is deemed that an inferior court is acting outside the normal rules and procedures in the examination of a case.  In another instance, the document is issued at times when an inferior court is deemed headed towards defeating a legal right.

Prohibition is more often used by appellate courts.  Most often, these courts issue writs of prohibition to prevent lower courts from exceeding their jurisdiction. In some cases, this writ may also be used to prevent an inferior court from acting contrary to the rules of natural justice. The writ of prohibition may not be used to undo any previous acts, but only to prohibit acts not completed.

Writs of prohibition are similar to [[writs of certiorari]], as both types of writs allow superior courts to manage inferior courts. However, unlike a writ of prohibition, superior courts issue writs of certiorari to review decisions which inferior courts have already made.