enjoining

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noun

(law) a judicial remedy issued in order to prohibit a party from doing or continuing to do a certain activity
- injunction were formerly obtained by writ but now by a judicial order
• Syn:
injunction, enjoinment, cease and desist order
• Derivationally related forms:
enjoin (for: enjoinment), enjoin, enjoin (for: injunction)
• Topics:
law, jurisprudence
• Hypernyms:
prohibition, ban, proscription
• Hyponyms:
mandatory injunction, permanent injunction, final injunction, temporary injunction, interlocutory injunction