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Ban (deodorant), a brand name deodorant & antiperspirant; Ban (plural: bani), a coin, the 1/100 part of a Romanian leu or Moldovan leu "Ban" (song), a 2021 single by Sakurazaka46; Basel Action Network; British Approved Name, for a pharmaceutical substance; Burrows–Abadi–Needham logic, BAN logic, used to analyze authentication protocols
A "no smoking" sign, expressing a ban on smoking in that particular place. A ban is a formal or informal prohibition [1] of something. Bans are formed for the prohibition of activities within a certain political territory. Some bans in commerce are referred to as embargoes. Ban is also used as a verb similar in meaning to "to prohibit".
The meaning of the title changed with time: the position of a ban can be compared to that of a viceroy or a high vassal such as a hereditary duke, but neither is accurate for all historical bans. In Croatia a ban reigned in the name of the ruler, he is the first state dignitary after King, the King's legal representative, and had various powers ...
The banns of marriage, commonly known simply as the "banns" or "bans" / ˈ b æ n z / (from a Middle English word meaning "proclamation", rooted in Frankish and thence in Old French), [1] are the public announcement in a Christian parish church, or in the town council, of an impending marriage between two specified persons.
Under the Merovingian dynasty (481–751), the ban was used mainly by the kings to summon free men to military service. [4]In the late eighth and early ninth century, under the Carolingian dynasty (751–987), a series of capitularies defined the ban's three components: the right to defend the defenceless, that is, churches, widows and orphans; jurisdiction over violent crimes such as murder ...
A Wikipedia ban is a formal revocation of editing privileges on all or part of Wikipedia. A ban may be temporary and of fixed duration, or indefinite and potentially permanent. Blocks may be imposed as a technical measure to enforce a ban. Such blocks are based on the particulars of the ban.
Etymology [ edit ] The French word banlieue is derived from the thirteenth century Vulgar Latin term banleuca composed of the German term ban meaning decree or official announcement with leuca which refers to the extension of the authority beyond the walls of a town.
Economic sanctions, typically a ban on trade, possibly limited to certain sectors (such as armaments), or with certain exceptions (such as food and medicine), e.g., Sanctions against Iran; Sanctions against North Korea