injunction Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a formal command or admonition
  2. noun (law) a judicial remedy issued in order to prohibit a party from doing or continuing to do a certain activity
    cease and desist order; enjoining; enjoinment.
    • injunction were formerly obtained by writ but now by a judicial order

WordNet

In*junc"tion noun
Etymology
L. injunctio, fr. injungere, injunctum, to join into, to enjoin. See Enjoin.
Definitions
  1. The act of enjoining; the act of directing, commanding, or prohibiting.
  2. That which is enjoined; an order; a mandate; a decree; a command; a precept; a direction.
    For still they knew,and ought to have still remembered, The high injunction,not to taste that fruit. Milton.
    Necessary as the injunctions of lawful authority. South.
  3. (Law) A writ or process, granted by a court of equity, and, insome 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. ✍ It is more generally used as a preventive than as a restorative process, although by no means confined to the former. Wharton. Daniell. Story.

Webster 1913