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Injunction Moderate

Origin: Latin suffix -tion

Injunction has 3 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

a formal command or admonition

"The judge issued an injunction telling the company to stop dumping waste into the river immediately."

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"

3

The act of enjoining; the act of directing, commanding, or prohibiting.

"The judge issued a temporary injunction ordering the construction company to stop digging until environmental damage could be assessed."

Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
command prohibition
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)
mandatory injunction permanent injunction temporary injunction
Rhyming Words
ion aion tion zion pion sion gion bion fion lion dion cion rion orion obion axion deion trion diion arion
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