Prevents, by law

• Holds up at the bar
• Prevents, in legalese
• Prevents, in legalspeak
• Impedes, legally
• Bars, to members of the bar
• Bars, legally
• Hinders, in the courts
• Halts legally
• Hinders legally

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vb. (en-third-person singular of: estop )