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Mareva injunction

British  
/ məˈriːvə /

noun

  1. law the former name for freezing injunction

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Etymology

Origin of Mareva injunction

C20: named after Mareva Compañia Naviera SA , the plaintiff in an early case (1975) in which such an order was made

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