Ballentine's law dictionary. Anderson, W.S.. 1998.
injunction — A court order prohibiting someone from doing some specified act or commanding someone to undo some wrong or injury. A prohibitive, equitable remedy issued or granted by a court at the suit of a party complainant, directed to a party defendant in… … Black's law dictionary
injunction — A court order prohibiting someone from doing some specified act or commanding someone to undo some wrong or injury. A prohibitive, equitable remedy issued or granted by a court at the suit of a party complainant, directed to a party defendant in… … Black's law dictionary
Injunction — In*junc tion, n. [L. injunctio, fr. injungere, injunctum, to join into, to enjoin. See {Enjoin}.] 1. The act of enjoining; the act of directing, commanding, or prohibiting. [1913 Webster] 2. That which is enjoined; an order; a mandate; a decree;… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
injunction, temporary — n. An injunction issued as a preliminary preventive measure, pending trial. The Essential Law Dictionary. Sphinx Publishing, An imprint of Sourcebooks, Inc. Amy Hackney Blackwell. 2008 … Law dictionary
preventive — adj 1. prophylactic, preventative, deterrent; counteractive, neutralizing, shielding, protective. 2. hindering, hampering, impeding, impedimental, obstructive; interfering, intrusive, interruptive; inhibi tive, restrictive, constraining. n 3.… … A Note on the Style of the synonym finder
preventive remedy — See injunction restraining order … Black's law dictionary
preventive justice — Requiring security to keep the peace. 12 Am J2d Breach P § 41. Any relief, such as an injunction, which prohibits or restrains certain acts … Ballentine's law dictionary
preventive remedies — Those remedies in equity by which a violation of a primary right is prevented before the threatened injury is done, or by which the further violation is prevented after the injury has been partially effected, so that some other relief for the… … Ballentine's law dictionary
prohibitory injunction — Same as preventive injunction … Ballentine's law dictionary
special injunction — A term of the early English practice for an injunction to prevent irreparable injury in a case where the preventive aid of the court of equity was the ultimate and only relief sought, being distinguished in this respect from the common injunction … Ballentine's law dictionary
