enjoining
en jaw i ning
- n (law) a judicial remedy issued in order to prohibit a party from doing or continuing to do a certain activity
- v issue an injunction
- v give instructions to or direct somebody to do something with authority
- The Supreme Court ruled that a bill enjoining the Trade Commission from enforcing its orders should have been dismissed by the District of Columbia Supreme Court, jurisdiction .
- Labor Mediator Theodore Kheel proposes enjoining only those strikes that affect public health and safety; others, he feels, can be managed within the strategies of arbitration.
- Last week the receivers of International Match brought suit to recover the bonds, obtained an order enjoining the Swedish banks from collecting interest and the fiduciary agent .