Prevent
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia · John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
To hinder; to obstruct; to intercept.
Burr v. Williams, 20 Ark. 185.
It is held not to mean to obstruct by physical force; 17 Q. B. 145. PREVENTION (Lat prevenire, to come before). In Civil Law. The right of a judge to take cognizance of an action over which he has concurrent jurisdiction with another judge. In Pennsylvania it has been ruled that a justice of the peace cannot take cognizance of a cause which has been previously decided by another justice.
Sliarpc v. Thatcher, 2 Dali. (U. S.) 77, 1 L. Ed. 296; Coventry v. Cummings, 2 Dali. (U. S.) 114, 1 L. Ed. 312.