Prevent
Black's Law Dictionary · Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
Black's Law Dictionary
To hinder or preclude. To stop or Intercept the approach, access or performance of a thing.
Webster; U. S. v, Souders, 27 Fed. Cas. 1,269; Green v. State, 109 Ga. 536, 35 S. E. 97; Burr v. Williams, 20 Ark. 171; In re Jones, 78 Ala. 421.