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ahonahon 

how to prevent record update or editing based on a condition

If picklist field status = VOID, then user cannot update or edit record.

I keep running into a solution where a validation rule or flow prevents user from updating picklist to void. This is not the requirement. The requirement is once the status is already changed to VOID and the record is saved, then no further updates or edits can be made.
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VinayVinay (Salesforce Developers) 
Hi Ahon,

You can try below validation rule. 
AND(
NOT(ISNEW()), 
ISPICKVAL(PRIORVALUE(status),"VOID")
)
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