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Meaning of "injunction" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD INJUNCTION

From Late Latin injunctiō, from Latin injungere to enjoin.
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PRONUNCIATION OF INJUNCTION

injunction  [ɪnˈdʒʌŋkʃən] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF INJUNCTION

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Injunction is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES INJUNCTION MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Injunction

An injunction is an equitable remedy in the form of a court order that requires a party to do or refrain from doing specific acts. A party that fails to comply with an injunction faces criminal or civil penalties, including possible monetary sanctions and even imprisonment.

Definition of injunction in the English dictionary

The first definition of injunction in the dictionary is an instruction or order issued by a court to a party to an action, esp to refrain from some act, such as causing a nuisance. Other definition of injunction is a command, admonition, etc. Injunction is also the act of enjoining.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH INJUNCTION


abjunction
æbˈdʒʌŋkʃən
adjunction
əˈdʒʌŋkʃən
cofunction
ˌkəʊˈfʌŋkʃən
compunction
kəmˈpʌŋkʃən
conjunction
kənˈdʒʌŋkʃən
disfunction
dɪsˈfʌŋkʃən
disjunction
dɪsˈdʒʌŋkʃən
dysfunction
dɪsˈfʌŋkʃən
eigenfunction
ˈaɪɡənˌfʌŋkʃən
expunction
ɪkˈspʌŋkʃən
function
ˈfʌŋkʃən
hyperfunction
ˌhaɪpəˈfʌŋkʃən
interpunction
ˌɪntəˈpʌŋkʃən
inunction
ɪnˈʌŋkʃən
junction
ˈdʒʌŋkʃən
malfunction
mælˈfʌŋkʃən
multifunction
ˈmʌltɪˌfʌŋkʃən
subjunction
sʌbˈdʒʌŋkʃən
thermojunction
ˌθɜːməʊˈdʒʌŋkʃən
unction
ˈʌŋkʃən

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE INJUNCTION

injudicial
injudicially
injudicious
injudiciously
injudiciousness
Injun
injunct
injunctive
injunctively
injurable
injure
injured
injured party
injurer
injuries
injurious
injuriously
injuriousness
injury
injury benefit

WORDS THAT END LIKE INJUNCTION

accreditation
action
attraction
auction
collection
connection
construction
correction
course of action
detection
direction
election
fiction
introduction
production
protection
reaction
satisfaction
section
selection
transaction

Synonyms and antonyms of injunction in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «INJUNCTION»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «injunction» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of injunction

Translation of «injunction» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF INJUNCTION

Find out the translation of injunction to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of injunction from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «injunction» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

禁令
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

mandamiento judicial
570 millions of speakers

English

injunction
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

निषेधाज्ञा
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

أمر قضائي
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

запрет
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

injunção
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

অনুজ্ঞা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

ordonnance
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Injunksi
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

gerichtliche Verfügung
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

禁止命令
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

법원의 금지 명령
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Injunction
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

ra lịnh
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

உத்தரவு
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

हुकूम
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

emir
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

ingiunzione
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

nakaz
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

заборона
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

ordin
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

διαταγή
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

opdrag
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

föreläggande
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

forføyning
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of injunction

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «INJUNCTION»

The term «injunction» is quite widely used and occupies the 35.919 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «INJUNCTION» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «injunction» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «injunction» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about injunction

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8 QUOTES WITH «INJUNCTION»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word injunction.
1
David A. Bednar
The spirit of revelation is available to every person who receives by proper priesthood authority the saving ordinances of baptism by immersion for the remission of sins and the laying on of hands for the gift of the Holy Ghost - and who is acting in faith to fulfill the priesthood injunction to 'receive the Holy Ghost.'
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Greg Boyle
At its best, an injunction creates a kind of vigilant heat that moves kids toward the light.
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Jeremy Clarkson
You take out an injunction against somebody or some organisation and immediately news of that injunction and the people involved and the story behind the injunction is in a legal-free world on Twitter and the Internet. It's pointless.
4
Barbara Deming
The injunction that we should love our neighbors as ourselves means to us equally that we should love ourselves as we love our neighbors.
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Malcolm Gladwell
The injunction to be nice is used to deflect criticism and stifle the legitimate anger of dissent.
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Ian Hislop
They may well say not only is this not true, but I will put in an injunction to prevent publication. No, stories don't go in unless I'm convinced by the people who write them that they're true. And if I'm wrong, then so be it.
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Petra Kelly
We, the generation that faces the next century, can add the solemn injunction 'If we don't do the impossible, we shall be faced with the unthinkable.'
8
Julius Wellhausen
The Law is never weary of again and again repeating its injunction of local unity of worship.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «INJUNCTION»

Discover the use of injunction in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to injunction and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Anti-Suit Injunction
In particular it takes account of the volume of case law on the anti-suit injunction since the book was published, including most significantly the decision of the European Court of Justice in The Front Comor, the recent important House of ...
Thomas Raphael, 2010
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Injunctive Relief: Temporary Restraining Orders and ...
[f, on the other hand, the opposing party receives sufficient prior notice and an opportunity to respond, courts may treat a motion for a temporary restraining order as a motion for preliminary injunction.5 However, the notice requirements for ...
Kirstin Stoll-DeBell, Nancy Dempsey, Bradford Dempsey, 2009
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Industrial Relations Law
For organising unlawful industrial action, the NGAwas ordered to pay damages of £125,000.29 On refusing to obey an injunction against picketing and to pay damages, the union was fined £650,000 for contempt of court and union finances  ...
Charles Barrow, 2002
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The Litigation Manual
Absolute candor with the court is the most important attribute of an oral advocate in the injunction proceeding. The advocate who ducks hard questions or overstates the harm that will befall his client, for example, loses credibility with the court ...
John G. Koeltl, John S. Kiernan, 1999
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The Law of Suretyship
OF INJUNCTION 1. Injunction Bond An injunction is an equitable remedy through which a court may order a person to refrain from doing a particular thing or taking a particular course of action. Its principal purpose is to preserve the status quo ...
Edward Graham Gallagher, 2000
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A Practical Guide to Trade Mark Law
does retain a discretion to restrict the form of the injunction when an absolute prohibition would be oppressive and unfair. For instance, if the infringement was innocent, or the result of a mistake, the court may order a narrow form of injunction ...
Amanda Michaels, 2002
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Cases, Materials and Commentary on Administrative Law
duty. See generally, Lewis, Ch.8. Proceedings for an injunction may include an application for interlocutory relief to maintain the status quo pending trial of the main action. (See above, pp. 972-974.) An injunction may be granted in one of ...
‎2005
8
Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the High Court of ...
Walker. answer, to decree either an injunction or an account of the profits of works of such a nature, that the author can maintain no action at law for the invasion of that, which he calls his property, but which the policy of the law will not permit ...
Francis Vesey, 1827
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Antitrust Law Developments (sixth)
1. Preliminary Injunctions To obtain a preliminary injunction under Section 16, the courts typically analyze four factors, although the precise language the courts use and the weight assigned to each factor may vary: (1) the likelihood that the ...
‎2007
10
The Law of Letters of Credit and Bank Guarantees
The common procedures are an application for an injunction, an interpleader action, an action for attachment or the related procedure of seeking a Mareva order, escrow arrangements and an action against the beneficiary based on the ...
Agasha Mugasha, 2003

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «INJUNCTION»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term injunction is used in the context of the following news items.
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NCAA files for stay of injunction in O'Bannon case - USA Today
The NCAA on Friday night asked the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to stay an injunction in the Ed O'Bannon antitrust suit that would allow ... «USA TODAY, Jul 15»
2
Judge refuses to grant injunction against part of government's new …
In his 25-page decision, Superior Court Justice David Stinson refused to grant an injunction against the provision that strips the use of voter ... «CTV News, Jul 15»
3
Mathews back on Lake Dallas council following temporary injunction
Judge Doug Robison from the 393rd Judicial District Court in Denton County has granted Mathews a temporary injunction against city council ... «Denton Record Chronicle, Jul 15»
4
GFA Presidential aspirant happy over court injunction | Sports News …
In the wake of an injunction placed on the Presidential Elections of the Ghana Football Association, presidential hopeful, Mr. George Ankomah ... «GhanaWeb, Jul 15»
5
High Court injunction secured for West Kingsdown land due to have …
Sevenoaks District Council has secured a court injunction to protect a green belt site in West Kingsdown that was rumoured to have hundreds ... «Sevenoaks Chronicle, Jul 15»
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Fed Judge Denies Injunction in Suit by Gun Dealers in Spite of Free …
SACRAMENTO, CA –-(Ammoland.com)- The State of California's ban on handgun-related speech by licensed gun dealers likely violates their ... «AmmoLand Shooting Sports News, Jul 15»
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Seagulls get injunction - Independent.ie
The owners of Bray Wanderers FC have secured a temporary High Court injunction preventing three individuals from representing themselves ... «Bray People, Jul 15»
8
Commercial – Preliminary injunction – Trademark attribution …
Where a judge issued a preliminary injunction to prevent a defendant from selling, distributing or marketing a product in competition with the ... «Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly, Jul 15»
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Critic eyes injunction for prison project - The Daily Item: News
Part of the former Knight-Celotex site in Sunbury in shown in this undated file photo. It could become the site of a new prison and courthouse for ... «Sunbury Daily Item, Jul 15»
10
Court dismisses preliminary injunction application in pregabalin …
On June 23 2015 Barcelona Commercial Court No 4 dismissed a preliminary injunction motion by Warner-Lambert and Pfizer against generics ... «International Law Office, Jul 15»

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« EDUCALINGO. Injunction [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/injunction>. Apr 2024 ».
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