injunction

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Scrabble points
19
Words With Friends
26
Letters
10
Pronunciation
/ɪnˈd͡ʒʌŋk.ʃən/

Definition of injunction

3 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. The act of enjoining; the act of directing, commanding, or prohibiting.
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noun

  1. The act of enjoining; the act of directing, commanding, or prohibiting.
  2. That which is enjoined; such as an order, mandate, decree, command, precept.
    “[…]she added, “Lizzy, I insist upon your staying and hearing Mr. Collins.” Elizabeth would not oppose such an injunction—and a moment's consideration making her also sensible that it would be wisest to get it over as soon and as quietly as possible, […].”
    “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; […]”
    “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.”
  3. 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.
    “Southwark council, which took out the injunction against Matt, believes YouTube has become the "new playground" for gang members.”
    “The judges said Trump must issue new orders reflecting the permanent injunction within 10 days.”

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Etymology

From Middle English iniunccyon, iniunccion, from Old French injonctïon, from Latin iniūnctiō (“command, injunction”).

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