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cease and desist order

cease and desist order

4 7.9
A court order telling someone to stop a certain action
  • noun
  • Formal
translation icon : orden de cese y desistimiento
  • CPR filed for bankruptcy in 2006, and the Ohio Department of Commerce, Division of Securities eventually issued a cease and desist order to CPR in 2007.
  • issue a cease and desist order
  • cease and desist order from regulators
  • federal cease and desist order

And Tony and they, the Obama administration issued A cease and desist order to Tony Fauci.

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Examples

  • As a result, Colorado issued a cease-and-desist order against NECC in April.

  • While state regulators didn't issue a press release Friday on the bank failure, on Feb. 26, Cape Fear's holding company announced it had received a cease and desist order resulting from an October 2008 FDIC examination of the bank.

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  • Unfortunately, it's common to receive cease and desist orders like these.

    Blog text (25)

  • You received a cease and desist order in regards to this performance?

    Hamlet 2 (2008)

  • I have been issued a cease and desist order from Prince's attorneys.

    Blog text (4)

  • The Ministry of Attorney General issued a cease and desist order, halting Allied's operations.

    Academic text (2001)

  • The Ministry of Attorney General issued a cease and desist order, halting Allied's operations.

  • The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission upheld all 36 and issued a cease-and-desist order to the Teamsters.

Synonyms

ban
vscease and desist order
293 1.2

An official rule that stops people from doing something

is specifically a legal demand to stop a particular ongoing action
court order
vscease and desist order
  • Formal
108 3.5

An official instruction from a court telling someone to do or stop doing something

focuses specifically on requiring cessation of a given activity
injunction
vscease and desist order
  • Formal
78 8.0

An order from a court that stops someone from doing something

is a formal legal order that requires someone to stop activity
interdiction
vscease and desist order
  • Formal
12 8.9

An official order by a court or authority that stops someone from doing something

is more specifically an order to stop a current activity rather than general forbiddance
proscription
vscease and desist order
  • Formal
3 8.8

An official rule that bans something or someone, usually by law

is a legal order focused on stopping a concrete activity rather than political prohibition
banning-order
vscease and desist order
  • UK
1 8.1

An official order that stops a person or group from doing certain things

is used for direct legal commands to cease a specific act
enjoinment
vscease and desist order
  • Formal
9.9

A court order that stops someone from doing a particular activity

focuses on stopping continuation of a specific activity rather than general rule

Antonyms

to allow
∞ 1.0

To let something happen or let someone do something

to resume
297 3.1

To start an activity again after a pause

Surface Forms

cease and desist order singular
cease and desist orders plural

Morphology

cease + and + desist + order

Both verbs 'cease' and 'desist' mean to stop or refrain, and 'order' denotes an official command, so the phrase literally denotes an official command to stop a specified activity. Although formulaic and legalistic, the meaning is directly compositional from the constituents and is paralleled in many languages, so a learner who knows the parts would understand it.

Etymology

Cease and desist order comes from court language where two words, cease and desist, are used together to make a very clear command. Cease means 'stop' and desist means 'don't start again', so the order tells someone to stop a specific action and not do it anymore.