<P> A `` writ of prohibition '' , in the United States , is an official legal document drafted and issued by a supreme court , superior court or an appeals 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 . </P>
<P> A `` writ of prohibition '' , in the United States , is an official legal document drafted and issued by a supreme court , superior court or an appeals 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 . </P>
the writ of prohibition is issued by the supreme court or a high court against
the writ of prohibition is issued by the supreme court or a high court against
an inferior court
an inferior court