injunction
Americannoun
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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.
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an act or instance of enjoining.
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a command; order; admonition.
the injunctions of the Lord.
noun
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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
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a command, admonition, etc
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the act of enjoining
Other Word Forms
- injunctive adjective
- injunctively adverb
Etymology
Origin of injunction
1520–30; < Late Latin injunctiōn- (stem of injunctiō ), equivalent to Latin injunct ( us ) (past participle of injungere to join to; enjoin ) + -iōn- -ion
Example Sentences
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“Those challenges could seek injunctions to block any changes as the litigation unfolds.”
From MarketWatch
According to the emergency motion, the men’s medical conditions “have only deteriorated since Plaintiffs filed their preliminary injunction motion, and neither man has seen a specialist or begun an appropriate course of treatment.”
From Los Angeles Times
The states secured a win for now: a federal court in Washington state this summer issued a preliminary injunction in the case.
AT&T requested an injunction to prevent T-Mobile from accessing its computer systems and asked that the court order T-Mobile to destroy any data it obtained.
She is asking the court to issue an injunction to prevent the merger from happening or issue a remedy for the anti-competitive effects.
From Los Angeles Times
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