The new law also expands the list of people who are prohibited from buying guns.
Iraq was not prohibited from buying food and medicine; it just was not using its money for that purpose.
A straw purchaser is someone who buys a gun legally for a person who is prohibited from buying one.
They sold most of their generating plants, and were largely prohibited from buying long-term electricity contracts.
The Fed is prohibited from buying bonds directly from the Treasury — a legal rather than economic constraint.
But because the units' officers are not trained investigators, they lack authorization for undercover work and are prohibited from buying drugs in so-called buy and bust operations.
Starting on July 1, all members of the European Union will be prohibited from buying oil from Iran and insurance for ships that carry Iranian oil.
The Federal Reserve is prohibited from buying bonds directly from the government, except to roll over a maturing issue in its portfolio.
Under the measure, drivers with the interlocks would be issued a specially marked license indicating that they are prohibited from buying alcohol.
That would include shortening the length of time that Validus would be prohibited from buying additional Transatlantic shares to less than two years.
They called, for example, for expanding the categories of people who are prohibited from buying firearms to include those who have committed violent misdemeanors.
