Mareva injunction

/ (məˈriːvə) /

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noun

law the former name for freezing injunction

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Word Origin for Mareva injunction

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

Words nearby Mareva injunction

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How to use Mareva injunction in a sentence

They prevailed last August, obtaining—follow me here—an injunction prohibiting the enforcement of those provisions.
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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
It is, after all, only reviewing a decline of a stay of an injunction to stop withholding licenses.
Gay Marriage Chaos Begins|Jay Michaelson|November 11, 2014|DAILY BEAST
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|DAILY BEAST

The winning injunction prevents the sale from taking place and almost ensures the lawsuit will go to trial.
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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
But 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. Roberts
According 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 Gibbon
Up, 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 Pepys
Christianity, not satisfied with recommending the love of our neighbor, superadds the injunction of loving our enemies.
Letters To Eugenia|Paul Henri Thiry Holbach