Enjoining (Noun)
Meaning
(law) a judicial remedy issued in order to prohibit a party from doing or continuing to do a certain activity; "injunction were formerly obtained by writ but now by a judicial order".
Classification
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents.
Examples
- The court issued an enjoining order to prevent the company from further polluting the environment.
- The judge granted an enjoining to stop the construction of the building until the zoning issues were resolved.
- The plaintiff sought an enjoining to prevent the defendant from selling the disputed property.
- The court's enjoining prohibited the company from using the trademark that was deemed too similar to the plaintiff's.
- The enjoining was lifted after the defendant agreed to modify its business practices to comply with the relevant regulations.