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injunction

N คำ สั่งห้าม  คำตักเตือน  คำ สั่งห้ามข องศา ล  command order instruction kam-sang-ham

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

INJUNCTION

n.[L. injunctio, from injungo, to enjoin; in and jungo, to join. ] 1. A command; order; precept; the direction of a superior vested with authority.
For still they knew, and ought t'have still remembered
The high injunction, not to taste that fruit.
2. Urgent advice or exhortation of persons not vested with absolute authority to command.
3. In law, a writ or order of the court of chancery, directed to an inferior court, or to parties and their counsel, directing them to stay proceedings, or to do some act, as to put the plaintiff in possession for want of the defendant's appearance, to stay waste or other injury, etc. When the reason for granting an injunction ceases, the injunction is dissolved.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

INJUNCTION

In *junc "tion, n. Etym: [L. injunctio, fr. injungere, injunctum, to join into, to enjoin. See Enjoin. ]

 

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 )

 

Defn: 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.

 

Note: It is more generally used as a preventive than as a restorative process, although by no means confined to the former. Wharton. Daniell. Story.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

Injun

In jun |ˈinjən ˈɪnʤən | noun informal, offensive an American Indian. PHRASES honest Injun dated honestly; really: I won't run away, honest Injun. ORIGIN late 17th cent.: alteration of Indian .

 

injunct

injunct |ɪnˈdʒʌŋ (k )t | verb [ with obj. ] issue a legal injunction against. ORIGIN late 19th cent.: from Latin injunct- imposed , from the verb injungere (see enjoin ).

 

injunction

in junc tion |inˈjəNG (k )SHən ɪnˈʤəŋ (k )ʃən | noun an authoritative warning or order. Law a judicial order that restrains a person from beginning or continuing an action threatening or invading the legal right of another, or that compels a person to carry out a certain act, e.g., to make restitution to an injured party. DERIVATIVES in junc tive |-ˈjəNG (k )tiv |adjective ORIGIN late Middle English: from late Latin injunctio (n- ), from Latin injungere enjoin, impose.

 

Oxford Dictionary

Injun

Injun |ˈɪndʒ (ə )n | noun US informal, offensive an American Indian. PHRASES honest Injun dated honestly; really: I won't run away, honest Injun. ORIGIN late 17th cent.: alteration of Indian .

 

injunct

injunct |ɪnˈdʒʌŋ (k )t | verb [ with obj. ] issue a legal injunction against. ORIGIN late 19th cent.: from Latin injunct- imposed , from the verb injungere (see enjoin ).

 

injunction

in |junc ¦tion |ɪnˈdʒʌŋ (k )ʃ (ə )n | noun an authoritative warning or order. Law a judicial order restraining a person from beginning or continuing an action threatening or invading the legal right of another, or compelling a person to carry out a certain act, e.g. to make restitution to an injured party. DERIVATIVES injunctive adjective ORIGIN late Middle English: from late Latin injunctio (n- ), from Latin injungere enjoin, impose .

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

injunction

injunction noun the injunction prevents Sunday trading: order, ruling, directive, command, instruction; decree, edict, dictum, dictate, fiat, mandate, writ; warning, caution, admonition.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

injunction

injunction noun a High Court injunction to prevent Sunday trading: order, ruling, direction, directive, command, instruction, demand; decree, edict, prescription, dictum, dictate, fiat, mandate, ordainment, enjoinment, exhortation, admonition, precept, ultimatum; in Tsarist Russia ukase; rare monition, firman, decretal, irade.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

injunction

in junc tion /ɪndʒʌ́ŋ (k )ʃ (ə )n /名詞 C 1 〘法 〙 «…に対する » (裁判所からの )(禁止 )命令 «against » .2 かたく 命令, 戒め .