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enjoinment

en·join·ment

uncommon archaic

noun

1.

(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”
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From enjoin + -ment.

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