injunction (n.)

  1. a formal command or admonition

  2. (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: enjoining , enjoinment , cease and desist order ]

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