English > enjoinment: 1 sense > noun 1, communicationMeaning | (law) a judicial remedy issued in order to prohibit a party from doing or continuing to do a certain activity. |
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Synonyms | injunction, enjoining, cease and desist order |
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Category | law, jurisprudence | The collection of rules imposed by authority |
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Narrower | mandatory injunction | injunction requiring the performance of some specific act |
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permanent injunction, final injunction | injunction issued on completion of a trial |
temporary injunction, interlocutory injunction | injunction issued during a trial to maintain the status quo or preserve the subject matter of the litigation until the trial is over |
Broader | prohibition, ban, proscription | A decree that prohibits something |
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Spanish | conminación, enjoinment, entredicho, medida cautelar |
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Catalan | enjoinment, injunció |
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Verbs | enjoin | issue an injunction |
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