injunction

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɪnˈd͡ʒʌnk.ʃən/

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• Rhymes: -ʌŋkʃən

Noun

injunction (plural injunctions)

1. The act of enjoining; the act of directing, commanding, or prohibiting.
2. That which is enjoined; such as an order, mandate, decree, command, precept.
   • [1921 [1919], H. L. Mencken, chapter 39, in The American Language, 2nd edition, New York: Alfred A. Knopf, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 262:

     Its verbs are conjugated in a way that defies all the injunctions of the grammar books; it has its contumacious rules of tense, number and case; […]]

   • September 8 2022, Stephen Bates, “Queen Elizabeth II obituary”, in The Guardian‎^[1]:

     At the end of the Falklands war two years earlier too, the Queen, whose second son, Andrew, had served as a helicopter pilot with the task force, was singularly untriumphalist and showed no inclination to follow her prime minister’s injunction to rejoice at victory.

3. (law) A writ or process, granted by a court of equity, and, in some cases, under statutes, by a court of law, whereby a party is required to do or to refrain from doing certain acts, according to the exigency of the writ.

   Coordinate term: declaratory judgment

   • 2012 April 19, Josh Halliday, “Free speech haven or lawless cesspool – can the internet be civilised?”, in The Guardian‎^[2]:

     Southwark council, which took out the injunction against Matt, believes YouTube has become the "new playground" for gang members.

Usage notes

• The verb associated with this word is enjoin. Injunct is also sometimes used as a synonym.

Derived terms

• hyper-injunction
• Mareva injunction
• preliminary injunction
• super injunction

 

Related terms

• injunctive (adjective)
• super-injunction (noun)

Translations

the act of enjoining

• Bulgarian: заповед (bg) f (zapoved)
• Dutch: sommeren (nl) n, bevelen (nl) n
• Finnish: käskeminen (fi), määrääminen (fi)
• French: injonction (fr) f
• German: Verfügung (de) f, Verfügen n, Anordnen n, Auferlegen n, Verfügen n, Anordnen n, Erlassen (de) n
• Polish: napomnienie (pl)
• Portuguese: injunção (pt)
• Russian: постановле́ние (ru) n (postanovlénije) (act), предписа́ние (ru) n (predpisánije) (regulation), прика́з (ru) m (prikáz) (order, command), запре́т (ru) m (zaprét) (prohibition, ban)

that which is enjoined; command

• Czech: příkaz (cs) m, nařízení (cs) n, zákaz (cs) m
• Dutch: sommatie (nl) f, order (nl) m, bevel (nl) n, verbod (nl) n, gebod (nl) n
• Finnish: käsky (fi), määräys (fi)
• German: Verfügung (de) f, Anordnung (de) f, Anordnung (de) f, Erlaß (de) m
• Hungarian: parancs (hu), rendelkezés (hu), utasítás (hu)

an official writ

• Bulgarian: постановление (bg) n (postanovlenie)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 禁制令 (gam³ zai³ ling⁶)

  Mandarin: 強制令／强制令 (qiángzhìlìng), (chiefly Hong Kong) 禁制令 (zh) (jìnzhìlìng)

• Czech: soudní zákaz, soudní příkaz, soudní nařízení
• Dutch: injunctie f, dwangbevel (nl) n, gerechtelijk bevel n
• Finnish: määräys (fi)
• French: injonction (fr) f
• Georgian: სასამართლო აკრძალვა (sasamartlo aḳrʒalva), სასამართლო ბრძანება (sasamartlo brʒaneba), აკრძალვა (aḳrʒalva), ბრძანება (brʒaneba), მიწერილობა (mic̣eriloba), დანიშნულება (danišnuleba), მითითება (mititeba)
• German: Anordnung (de) f, rechtliche Anordnung f
• Hungarian: (court order, writ) végzés (hu), (decree, ruling, resolution) határozat (hu), (order, commission, charge, warrant) meghagyás (hu), (involving a ban or prohibition) eltiltás (hu)
• Irish: urghaire f
• Persian: حکم (fa) (hokm)
• Polish: nakaz sądowy m
• Russian: суде́бное постановле́ние n (sudébnoje postanovlénije)
• Spanish: requerimiento (es), medidas cautelares
• Tagalog: pagpigil, utos sa pagpigil