injunction

/ɪnˈdʒʌŋ(k)ʃən/

/ɪnˈdʒʌŋkʃən/

Other forms: injunctions

If your school begins building a swimming pool on land that does not belong to it, the city might issue an injunction to stop it. An injunction is an official order issued by a judge.

In general, injunctions are court ordered settlements or commands. In the United States, judges cannot create laws, but they can require someone to do something or to stop doing something. If you were wrongly fired from a job, a court may issue an injunction to your former employer, requiring him or her to hire you back or pay your back salary.

Definitions of injunction

1. noun

   (law) a judicial remedy issued in order to prohibit a party from doing or continuing to do a certain activity
   synonyms: cease and desist order, enjoining, enjoinment, restraining order

   types:

   mandatory injunction

   injunction requiring the performance of some specific act

   final injunction, permanent injunction

   injunction issued on completion of a trial

   interlocutory injunction, temporary injunction

   injunction issued during a trial to maintain the status quo or preserve the subject matter of the litigation until the trial is over

   type of:

   ban, prohibition, proscription

   a decree that prohibits something
2. noun

   a formal command or admonition
   type of:

   bid, bidding, command, dictation

   an authoritative direction or instruction to do something