English noun: enjoining | |||
1. | enjoining (communication) (law) a judicial remedy issued in order to prohibit a party from doing or continuing to do a certain activity | ||
Samples | Injunction were formerly obtained by writ but now by a judicial order. | ||
Synonyms | cease and desist order, enjoinment, injunction | ||
Broader (hypernym) | ban, prohibition, proscription | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | final injunction, interlocutory injunction, mandatory injunction, permanent injunction, temporary injunction | ||
Domain category | jurisprudence, law | ||