injunction
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English
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /ɪnˈd͡ʒʌnk.ʃən/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - Rhymes: -ʌŋkʃən
Noun
[edit]injunction (plural injunctions)
- The act of enjoining; the act of directing, commanding, or prohibiting.
- That which is enjoined; such as an order, mandate, decree, command, precept.
- 1921 [1919], H. L. Mencken, chapter 39, in The American Language, 2nd edition, New York: Alfred A. Knopf, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 262:
- Its verbs are conjugated in a way that defies all the injunctions of the grammar books; it has its contumacious rules of tense, number and case; […]
- September 8 2022, Stephen Bates, “Queen Elizabeth II obituary”, in The Guardian[1]:
- At the end of the Falklands war two years earlier too, the Queen, whose second son, Andrew, had served as a helicopter pilot with the task force, was singularly untriumphalist and showed no inclination to follow her prime minister’s injunction to rejoice at victory.
- (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.
- Coordinate term: declaratory judgment
- 2012 April 19, Josh Halliday, “Free speech haven or lawless cesspool – can the internet be civilised?”, in The Guardian[2]:
- Southwark council, which took out the injunction against Matt, believes YouTube has become the "new playground" for gang members.
Usage notes
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[edit]- injunctive (adjective)
Translations
[edit]the act of enjoining
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that which is enjoined; command
an official writ
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Further reading
[edit]injunction on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
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