enjoinment

Other forms: enjoinments

Definitions of enjoinment

1. noun

   (law) a judicial remedy issued in order to prohibit a party from doing or continuing to do a certain activity
   synonyms: cease and desist order, enjoining, injunction, restraining order

   types:

   mandatory injunction

   injunction requiring the performance of some specific act

   final injunction, permanent injunction

   injunction issued on completion of a trial

   interlocutory injunction, temporary injunction

   injunction issued during a trial to maintain the status quo or preserve the subject matter of the litigation until the trial is over

   type of:

   ban, prohibition, proscription

   a decree that prohibits something