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Injunction

🔄 Synonyms of "Injunction"

2 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.

Word	Definition
enjoinmentnoun	(obsolete) A command; an authoritative admonition.
enjoiningnoun	(law) a judicial remedy issued in order to prohibit a party from doing or continuing to do a certain activity

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Injunction"

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Word	Definition
enjoinmentnoun	(obsolete) A command; an authoritative admonition.
enjoiningnoun	(law) a judicial remedy issued in order to prohibit a party from doing or continuing to do a certain activity
mandatenoun	An official or authoritative command; an order or injunction; a commission; a judicial precept; an authorization.
warrantnoun	(law, countable) A judicial writ authorizing an officer to make a search, seizure, or arrest, or to execute a judgment.
behestnoun	A command, bidding; sometimes also, an authoritative request; now usually in the phrase at the behest of and at one's behest.
indictmentnoun	(law) An official formal accusation for a criminal offence, or the process by which it is brought to a jury.
writnoun	(countable, law) A written order, issued by a court, ordering someone to do (or stop doing) something.
subpoenanoun	(law) A writ (“written order”) requiring someone to appear in court, or at a deposition or some other legal proceeding, as a witness to give testimony (a subpoena ad testificandum) or to produce evidence (subpoena duces tecum), in default of which the person may be punished.
decreenoun	An edict or law.
bannoun	A prohibition.
ordinancenoun	(US) A local law, passed by e.g. a city.
instructionnoun	(uncountable) The act of instructing, teaching, or providing with information or knowledge.
requirementnoun	A necessity or prerequisite; something required or obligatory. Its adpositions are generally of in relation to who or what has given it, on in relation to whom or what it is given to, and for in relation to what is required.
interlocutorynoun	Interpolated discussion or dialogue.
ordernoun	(countable) A command.
embargonoun	A ban on trade with another country.
proceduralnoun	(literature, film) A type of literature, film, or television program involving a sequence of technical detail.
noticenoun	(chiefly uncountable) The act of observing; perception.
prohibitionnoun	A law prohibiting the manufacture or sale of alcohol.
exhortationnoun	Language intended to give advice or to urge or encourage.