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Mareva injunction

British  
/ məˈriːvə /

noun

  1. law the former name for freezing injunction

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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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