in·junc·tion /ɪnˈʤʌŋ(k)ʃən/
命令,指令,勸告
In·junc·tion n.
1. The act of enjoining; the act of directing, commanding, or prohibiting.
2. That which is enjoined; an order; a mandate; a decree; a command; a precept; a direction.
For still they knew, and ought to have still remembered,
The high injunction, not to taste that fruit. --Milton.
Necessary as the injunctions of lawful authority. --South.
3. Law 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.
Note: ☞ It is more generally used as a preventive than as a restorative process, although by no means confined to the former.
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injunction
n 1: a formal command or admonition
2: (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" [syn: enjoining, enjoinment, cease
and desist order]