Inhibition Definition: A legal procedure to prevent a debtor from compromising property upon which a creditor holds a charge. Related Terms: Poinding, Arrestment Marshall describes inhibition as obtainable by writ or by letters, the latter being a court order called letters of inhibition, adding:"By this form of diligence a creditor can prevent his debtor from disposing of ... property or otherwise dealing with it in a way which will prejudice the creditor (e.g. granting security over it)."The inhibition order or letters of inhibition acts in:"... forbidding a debtor to burden or part with heritage to the prejudice of a creditor."1REFERENCES:Law Society of Scotland, Glossary: Scottish Legal Terms, Latin Maxims and European Community Legal Terms (Edinburgh: Butterworths, 1992), page 39. Marshall, Enid, General Principles of Scots Law, 6th Edition (Edinburgh: Sweet & Maxwell, 1995), page 65-66 Categories & Topics: Civil Litigation & Evidence Law Dictionary Scots Law Dictionary Find you are constantly looking up definitions? Try our search provider (works in most modern browsers) If you find an error or omission in Duhaime's Legal Dictionary, or if you have legal term suggestion, we'd love to hear from you!