HyperDic: enjoinment

English > 1 sense of the word enjoinment:
NOUNcommunicationenjoinment, injunction, enjoining, cease and desist order(law) a judicial remedy issued in order to prohibit a party from doing or continuing to do a certain activity
English > enjoinment: 1 sense > noun 1, communication
Meaning(law) a judicial remedy issued in order to prohibit a party from doing or continuing to do a certain activity.
Synonymsinjunction, enjoining, cease and desist order
Categorylaw, jurisprudenceThe collection of rules imposed by authority
Narrowermandatory injunctioninjunction requiring the performance of some specific act
permanent injunction, final injunctioninjunction issued on completion of a trial
temporary injunction, interlocutory injunctioninjunction issued during a trial to maintain the status quo or preserve the subject matter of the litigation until the trial is over
Broaderprohibition, ban, proscriptionA decree that prohibits something
Spanishconminación, enjoinment, entredicho, medida cautelar
Catalanenjoinment, injunció
Verbsenjoinissue an injunction

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