Thesaurus: injunction

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1. n. The act of enjoining; the act of directing, commanding, or prohibiting.
2. n. That which is enjoined; an order; a mandate; a decree; a command; a precept; a direction.
3. n. A writ or process, granted by a court of equity, and, insome cases, under statutes, by a court of law,whereby a party is required to do or to refrain from doing certain acts, according to the exigency of the writ.
4. n. a formal command or admonition
5. n. (law) a judicial remedy issued in order to prohibit a party from doing or continuing to do a certain activity
6. 1. The act of enjoining; the act of directing, commanding, or prohibiting. 2. That which is enjoined; an order; a mandate; a decree; a command; a precept; a direction. For still they knew,and ought to have still remembered, The high injunction,not to taste that fruit. Milton. Necessary as the injunctions of lawful authority. South. 3. (Law) A writ or process, granted by a court of equity, and, insome cases, under statutes, by a court of law,whereby a party is required to do or to refrain from doing certain acts, according to the exigency of the writ. Note: It is more generally used as a preventive than as a restorative process, although by no means confined to the former. Wharton. Daniell. Story.
7. A writ or process, granted by a court of equity, and, insomecases, under statutes, by a court of law,whereby a party is requiredto do or to refrain from doing certain acts, according to theexigency of the writ.
8. n:100 n. a formal command or admonition n. (law) a judicial remedy issued in order to prohibit a party from doing or continuing to do a certain activity