Interdictum, interdicti, n. g. Substant. Cic.A determination of the possession of a thing in controuersie made by the magistrate: an iniunceion.Interdicto duodecim tabularum. Plin. Interdicto defendere possessionem suam.Cic. Interdictum.Plaut.A prohibition: a forbidding: a threatning to the contrary.
Lewis and Short: Latin dictionary
interdictor, ōris, m. [id.], a forbidder, interdicter: delicti, Tert. adv. Marc. 2, 9.
interdictum, i, n. [interdico]. I. In gen., a prohibition: nequeone ego ted interdictis facere mansuetem meis?Plaut. As. 3, 1, 1: deorum, Cic. Pis. 21, 48.— II. In partic., as a legal t. t., a provisional decree of the prætor, esp. in disputes of private persons respecting possession, prohibiting some act, a prætorian interdict: certis ex causis praetor aut proconsul auctoritatem suam finiendis controversiis interponit ... formulae verborum quibus in ea re utitur interdicta decretave vocantur: interdicta cum prohibet aliquid fieri, Gai. Inst. 4, 139 sq. (v. the context): ergo hac lege jus civile, causae possessionum, praetorum interdicta tollentur, Cic. Agr. 3, 3: possessionem per interdictum repetere, id. Caecin. 3: interdicto contendere cum aliquo, id. de Or. 1, 10: venire ad interdictum, Petr. 13 and 83 (for the different classes of interdicts and their effects, v. Gai. Inst. 4, 142 sqq.; Just. Inst. 4, 15 Sandars ad loc.).