preclusion
Prevention before occurrence
Preclusion is the act of preventing something from happening or making it impossible.
In legal contexts, it refers to barring a party from raising certain claims or arguments, often because they were already decided: The doctrine of issue preclusion prevents relitigating settled matters.
More generally, one thing precludes another by ruling it out: His injury meant the preclusion of any hope of competing.
Barrier to progress
- obstacleSomething blocking the way
- barrierObstruction preventing passage
- blockadeSealing off a place
- constraintLimiting condition or rule
restriction · limitation · obstruction · stumbling block · roadblock · hurdle · encumbrance · check
Bar against contradicting oneself
- barDrinking establishment
- injunctionCourt-ordered behavioral requirement
- restraining orderCourt-enforced avoidance mandate
- prohibitionAuthoritative legal ban
disqualification · debarment · foreclosure · waiver · forfeiture · default judgment · statute of limitations · standing
Removal from eligibility
- ineligibilityFailure to meet criteria
- rejectionDenial of acceptance
- eliminationAct of removing entirely
- barringExcluding from consideration
debarment · lockout · nonadmission · blackballing · veto · dismissal · proscription · expulsion
Preventing by prior action
- avertingPreventing by action
- deterrencePrevention via threatened consequences
- avoidanceDeliberate keeping away
- obviationMaking unnecessary beforehand
preemption · prophylaxis · safeguard · blockage · interdiction · stoppage · heading off · warding off
hindrance
Barrier to progress
constraint · restriction · limitation · obstruction · stumbling block · roadblock · hurdle · encumbrance · check · deterrent
estoppel
Bar against contradicting oneself
- barDrinking establishment
- injunctionCourt-ordered behavioral requirement
- restraining orderCourt-enforced avoidance mandate
prohibition · disqualification · debarment · foreclosure · waiver · forfeiture · default judgment · statute of limitations · standing · jurisdiction
disqualification
Removal from eligibility
- ineligibilityFailure to meet criteria
- rejectionDenial of acceptance
- eliminationAct of removing entirely
barring · debarment · lockout · nonadmission · blackballing · veto · dismissal · proscription · expulsion · embargo
forestalling
Preventing by prior action
- avertingPreventing by action
- deterrencePrevention via threatened consequences
- avoidanceDeliberate keeping away
obviation · preemption · prophylaxis · safeguard · blockage · interdiction · stoppage · heading off · warding off · staving off
- exclusionsexcept, exception, except for, excepting, ban
- court sanctionsfine, contempt, dismissal, injunction, attorney fees
- legal finalitycollateral estoppel, double jeopardy, finality, final judgment, final verdict
- foreign judgmentsdomestication, recognition, final judgments, civil judgments, cross-border disputes
- jurisdictionjurisdiction, legal jurisdiction, federal jurisdiction, state jurisdiction, court jurisdiction
- legal effectsrescission, revocation, annulment, nullity, waiver
preclusionpermission
Granted right to act
allowance · authorization · enablement · sanction · approval
preclusioninclusion
Being made part
admission · incorporation · acceptance · embrace · integration
preclusionenablement
Act of making possible
facilitation · empowerment · furtherance · promotion · assistance