A sort of hue and cry; so called because among the Romans the names of the persons proscribed were written out, and the tablets bearing their names were fixed up in the public forum, sometimes with the offer of a reward for those who should aid in bringing them before the court If the proscribed did not answer the summons, their goods were confiscated and their persons outlawed In this case the name was engraved on brass or marble, the offence stated, and the tablet placed conspicuously in the market-place
Outside the time period in which a legal action can be commenced See also Prescription
The act of proscribing; a dooming to death or exile; outlawry; specifically, among the ancient Romans, the public offer of a reward for the head of a political enemy; as, under the triumvirate, many of the best Roman citizens fell by proscription
The proscription of something is the official forbidding of its existence or use. the proscription against any religious service. the proscription of his records. = prohibition