injunction

Meaning

1. The act of enjoining; the act of directing, commanding, or prohibiting.
2. That which is enjoined; such as an order, mandate, decree, command, precept.
3. 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.

Synonyms

command

order

charge

direction

bidding

mandate

prohibition

ordinance

instruction

behest

ban

commandment

regulation

interdict

prescription

summons

dictate

dictation

cease and desist order

enjoinment

prescript

edict

interdiction

enjoining

writ

mandatory injunction

superaddition

restraining order

banning

bar

bid

chastisement

commission

decree

demand

directive

exhortation

fiat

forbiddance

forbidding

imperative

imposition

law

laying down

negation

proscription

rebuke

requisition

rubric

rule

Translations

injonction

ingiunzione

bevel

Verfügung

injunção

requerimiento

mandato

injunció

interdicto

gebod

dwangbevel

einstweilige Verfügung

sommatie

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ɪnˈd͡ʒʌnk.ʃən/

Etymology

From Middle English iniunccyon, iniunccion, from Old French injonctïon, from Latin iniūnctiō (“command, injunction”).