cease-and-desist order

[sees-uhn-di-zist, -sist]

noun

1. an order by a government agency to a person or corporation to terminate a business practice found by the agency to be illegal or unfair.

Word History and Origins

Origin of cease-and-desist order¹

First recorded in 1925–30

Example Sentences

The state insurance department also filed a cease-and-desist order against the plan in July over its claims handling, while a 2022 state probe found that in 2017 and 2018 the plan issued smoke-damage policies that were illegal and then did not “diligently pursue” an investigation of the claims.

From Los Angeles Times

In making his call to action, Newsom cited a cease-and-desist order Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara issued to the plan in July that calls on it to stop employing a smoke-damage standard that courts have deemed to be illegal.

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The July 31 filing threatens the plan, operated by the state’s licensed home insurers, with a cease-and-desist order and fines of up to $10,000 for each violation.

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The cease-and-desist order was issued due to a failure to file the required annual state financial reports on its charitable activities.

From Los Angeles Times

Commissioners voted unanimously to issue the cease-and-desist order — which would stop work until Sable obtained commission approval — as well as the order to restore damaged lands.

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