injunction
78
8.0
- noun
- /ɪnˈdʒʌŋkʃən/
- Formal
:
orden judicial
- It's an injunction from Judge Porterson.
- grant an injunction
- order an injunction
- issue an injunction
So I've read it and he said it's an injunction against Layla and her mum.
- So I've read it and he said it's an injunction against Layla and her mum.
- We won the rights to overturn the injunction that that Frank had had put on me.
- But I went and put an injunction on them, you know.
- I like, I've got it's called a High Court injunction.
- And notice the changes that are being made are typically policies or laws or injunctions that are happening.
- Why then the Supreme Court has said that there can be a prior restraint, an injunction against the speech, but not much.
- When you get served, usually the first thing in the package is something called a preliminary or temporary injunction.
Examples
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District courts that grant an injunction after a finding of liability are highly likely to be affirmed on appeal.
Academic text (2017) -
The court granted an injunction to stop the construction of the building next to the park.
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We are asking for an injunction to protect all the women.
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There is some person or group on whom the needed injunction can be served.
Academic text (1990) -
Seems the President is going to seek an injunction.
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Did you ever hear of a legal injunction?
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But we do need you to testify at the injunction hearing.
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I have a signed injunction from Judge Pascual that says...
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At the plaintiff's request, an injunction would issue barring enforcement of the act.
Academic text (1990) -
I built a firm and kept it alive through lawsuits, injunctions, and evictions.
Fiction book (2000)
Synonyms
293
1.2
An official rule that stops people from doing something
108
3.5
An official instruction from a court telling someone to do or stop doing something
80
5.7
An official written order from a court or government that must be followed
19
7.2
A court rule that stops people from talking about a case to the public
12
8.9
An official order by a court or authority that stops someone from doing something
4
7.9
A court order telling someone to stop a certain action
3
9.1
A court order that stops changes and protects things until the case ends
3
8.8
An official rule that bans something or someone, usually by law
2
8.3
A court order that stops a person or company from doing something forever
1
8.1
An official order that stops a person or group from doing certain things
A court order that stops someone from doing a particular activity
A court order that stops a person or group from doing a specific act
A court order at the end of a trial that permanently tells someone to stop or do something
A court order made during a trial to keep things the same until the court makes a final decision
Compounds
- Formal
3
9.1
A court order that stops changes and protects things until the case ends
- Formal
2
8.3
A court order that stops a person or company from doing something forever
- Formal
A court order at the end of a trial that permanently tells someone to stop or do something
A court order made during a trial to keep things the same until the court makes a final decision
How Binding
- Formal
48
4.4
- Formal
78
8.0
∞
3.0
180
2.0
553
2.5
759
1.4
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Injunction comes from the Latin verb injungere, made of in- 'in' and jungere 'to join', and it shares the same root as the English word join. Think of a rule being 'joined' to a person — an injunction is a court order that 'binds' someone and legally stops them from doing something.