injunction
Law. a judicial process or order requiring the person or persons to whom it is directed to do a particular act or to refrain from doing a particular act.
an act or instance of enjoining.
a command; order; admonition: the injunctions of the Lord.
Origin of injunction
1Other words from injunction
- in·junc·tive, adjective
- in·junc·tive·ly, adverb
Words Nearby injunction
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How to use injunction in a sentence
Federal District Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers heard arguments this morning regarding Epic's request for a temporary injunction in its case against Apple.
Apple v. Epic hearing previews a long, hard-fought trial to come | Kyle Orland | September 28, 2020 | Ars TechnicaSeparately, pending further review, a federal appeals court on Sunday stayed a lower court’s injunction that would allow mail ballots in Wisconsin to count if postmarked by Election Day and received up to six days later.
Courts view GOP fraud claims skeptically as Democrats score key legal victories over mail voting | Elise Viebeck | September 28, 2020 | Washington PostThe judge refused to grant an injunction against a November deadline for a sale.
TikTok will not be banned at midnight, judge rules | Claire Zillman, reporter | September 28, 2020 | FortuneIn granting the preliminary injunction, the judge said the plaintiffs were likely to succeed at a trial.
“I will issue a preliminary injunction essentially in the form presented by the states,” Bastian said in court.
Federal judge issues temporary injunction against USPS operational changes amid concerns about mail slowdowns | Elise Viebeck, Jacob Bogage | September 17, 2020 | Washington Post
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 | THE DAILY BEASTThe 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 | THE DAILY BEASTIt is, after all, only reviewing a decline of a stay of an injunction to stop withholding licenses.
The fact that some prescriptive rules are valuable does not mean that every grammatical injunction should be obeyed.
Go Ahead, End With a Preposition: Grammar Rules We All Can Live With | Nick Romeo | November 3, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe winning injunction prevents the sale from taking place and almost ensures the lawsuit will go to trial.
Kate Moss Advises Younger Sister to Drop Out of School; Rachel Roy Wins Preliminary Hearing With Parent Company | The Fashion Beast Team | May 19, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTNow, 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 HichensBut a trade dispute of long standing was not settled, even in the seventeenth century, by a royal injunction.
A History of the Cambridge University Press | S. C. RobertsAccording to Walpole, an injunction was applied for to prevent the publication of the letters.
Private Letters of Edward Gibbon (1753-1794) Volume 1 (of 2) | Edward GibbonUp, and this morning comes Mr. Clerke, and tells me that the injunction against Trice is dismissed again, which troubles me much.
Diary of Samuel Pepys, Complete | Samuel PepysChristianity, not satisfied with recommending the love of our neighbor, superadds the injunction of loving our enemies.
Letters To Eugenia | Paul Henri Thiry Holbach
British Dictionary definitions for injunction
/ (ɪnˈdʒʌŋkʃən) /
law an instruction or order issued by a court to a party to an action, esp to refrain from some act, such as causing a nuisance
a command, admonition, etc
the act of enjoining
Origin of injunction
1Derived forms of injunction
- injunctive, adjective
- injunctively, adverb
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Cultural definitions for injunction
A court order that either compels or restrains an act by an individual, organization, or government official. In labor–management relations, injunctions have been used to prevent workers from going on strike.
The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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