Interdict (Noun)
Meaning 1
An ecclesiastical censure by the Roman Catholic Church withdrawing certain sacraments and Christian burial from a person or all persons in a particular district.
Classification
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents.
Hypernyms
Meaning 2
A court order prohibiting a party from doing a certain activity.
Classification
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents.
Examples
- The judge issued an interdict preventing the former employee from soliciting the company's clients.
- As part of the settlement agreement, a mutual interdict was placed on both parties to prevent any further litigation.
- A interdict was sought to restrain the land developer from encroaching on the neighbor's property.
- In this high-stakes trademark case, an interdict was sought by the plaintiff to prohibit the defendant's production and distribution of allegedly infringing merchandise.
- Upon an urgent court application, the labor union secured a labor court interdict temporarily prohibiting the employers' threatened mass redundancies pending full resolution of related ongoing conciliation procedures.