(To indulge his own habit, he lifted the imperial ban on tobacco.)

People under imperial ban lost all their rights and possessions and anyone was allowed to rob, injure or kill them without legal consequences.

The princess, refusing to go without the fabric she loved, would finally break the imperial ban on silk worm exportation.

They also abolished indigenous Chinese catholic institutions that had survived the imperial ban.

King Ottokar was placed under the imperial ban; and in June 1276 war was declared against him.

After this settlement, the situation calmed down and the imperial ban was lifted.

The Aberacht, a stronger version of the imperial ban, could not be reversed.

The imperial ban was sometimes imposed on whole Imperial Estates.

Famous people placed under the imperial ban included:

In 1369, he was indicted for his robberies by the Court of Nuremberg which declared the imperial ban on him.