0 an official order given by a law court, usually to stop someone from doing something:
[ + to infinitive ] The court has issued an injunction to prevent the airline from increasing its prices.
[ + -ing verb ] She is seeking an injunction banning the newspaper from publishing the photographs.
1 an official order given by a court, usually to stop someone from doing something:
[ + to infinitive ] The court has issued an injunction to prevent distribution of the book.
2 an official order to do or not do something, which is given by a court of law:
ask for/seek/request an injunction The board is seeking an injunction against the hostile takeover.
grant/issue an injunction Last week the judge issued an injunction blocking a 25-cent boost in subway and bus fares.
lift/withdraw/refuse an injunction Unless the temporary injunction is lifted, the service will have to shut down pending a full court case.
The injunction is for ward-looking, whereas the sanction is backward-looking.
There are two further elements that go into figuring out if an injunction is merited.
Understanding the landscape implies knowledge about ownership, stories, ritual injunctions pertaining to that particular landscape.
The sheer density of documentation and numerous injunctions against labor mobility reflect these high rates as well as the government's sense of impending crisis.
Lists of new injunctions to be followed and the policing of activities to prevent accidental accruing of sin are constantly emphasized.
As we all know, some instructions could, perversely, be taken as direct personal injunctions without reference to the product or package.
The entire structure that leads to my account of injunctions is necessarily presupposed by any sort of ordering by contract. 30.
No court will hear you say that you did nothing wrong, as the injunction was predicated on a wrong being identified.
