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Prohibition.
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A public proclamation or edict; a summons by public proclamation. Chiefly, in early use, a summons to arms.
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Bans is common and ordinary amongst the Feudists, and signifies a proclamation, or any public notice.
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The gathering of the (French) king's vassals for war; the whole body of vassals so assembled, or liable to be summoned; originally, the same as arrière-ban: in the 16th c., French usage created a distinction between ban and arrière-ban, for which see the latter word.
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France was at such a Pinch..that they call'd their Ban and Arriere Ban, the assembling whereof had been long discussed, and in a manner antiquated.
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A curse or anathema.
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A pecuniary mulct or penalty laid upon a delinquent for offending against a ban, such as a mulct paid to a bishop by one guilty of sacrilege or other crimes.