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Webster 1913 Edition
Injunction
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
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, in some 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.
☞ It is more generally used as a preventive than as a restorative process, although by no means confined to the former.
Wharton.
Daniell.
Story.
Webster 1828 Edition
Injunction
INJUNC'TION
,Noun.
1.
A command; order; precept; the direction of a superior vested with authority. For still they knew, and ought t'have still remembered
The high injunction, not to taste that fruit.
2.
Urgent advice or exhortation of persons not vested with absolute authority to command.3.
In law, a writ or order of the court of chancery, directed to an inferior court, or to parties and their counsel, directing them to stay proceedings, or to do some act, as to put the plaintiff in possession for want of the defendant's appearance, to stay waste or other injury, &c. When the reason for granting an injunction ceases,the injunction is dissolved.Definition 2024
injunction
injunction
English
Noun
injunction (plural injunctions)
- The act of enjoining; the act of directing, commanding, or prohibiting.
- That which is enjoined; an order; a mandate; a decree; a command; a precept; a direction.
- (law) A writ or process, granted by a court of equity, and, in some 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.
Related terms
- super-injunction noun
Translations
the act of enjoining
that which is enjoined; command
an official writ
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