freezing injunction

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noun

law an order enabling the court to freeze the assets of a defendant, esp to prevent him or her taking them abroadFormerly called: Mareva injunction

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freezer, freezer burn, freeze-up, freezing, freezing drizzle, freezing injunction, freezing mixture, freezing point, freezing rain, freezing works, free zone

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How to use freezing injunction in a sentence

They prevailed last August, obtaining—follow me here—an injunction prohibiting the enforcement of those provisions.
The Back Alley, Low Blow-Ridden Fight to Stop Gay Marriage in Florida Is Finally Over|Jay Michaelson|January 5, 2015|DAILY BEAST
The injunction, she argued, only applies to these four plaintiffs—not to anyone else.
The Back Alley, Low Blow-Ridden Fight to Stop Gay Marriage in Florida Is Finally Over|Jay Michaelson|January 5, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Creating PGCs from skin tissue, on the other hand, seems like a walk in the park compared to egg freezing.
Men Will Someday Have Kids Without Women|Samantha Allen|January 3, 2015|DAILY BEAST
The “waters of Lake Minnetonka” may have been purifying, but they were also freezing.
Speed Read: The Juiciest Bits From the History of ‘Purple Rain’|Jennie Yabroff|January 1, 2015|DAILY BEAST

Drew Servis, 24, was walking home Sunday night and recalls the temperature well below freezing.
Hunt for Iraq Vet After Killing Spree|M.L. Nestel|December 16, 2014|DAILY BEAST
One day in April the thermometer suddenly rose to eighteen above the freezing-point of Fahrenheit.
The Giant of the North|R.M. Ballantyne
Now, quite alone and safe, she asked herself whether she had been a fool to obey Nigel's injunction and to trust her own beauty.
Bella Donna|Robert Hichens
It is not an easy matter to sit up in a gale of wind, with freezing spray, and sometimes green seas, sweeping over one!
The Floating Light of the Goodwin Sands|R.M. Ballantyne
A sprout just showing will endure several nights' freezing if there is some warm sun in the day-time.
Tobacco; Its History, Varieties, Culture, Manufacture and Commerce|E. R. Billings.
Did they perish from exposure to hunger and exhaustion, and the freezing blasts of winter?
Madame Roland, Makers of History|John S. C. Abbott