Definition of Enjoining

1. Noun. (law) a judicial remedy issued in order to prohibit a party from doing or continuing to do a certain activity. "Injunction were formerly obtained by writ but now by a judicial order"


Definition of Enjoining

1. Verb. (present participle of enjoin) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Enjoining

1. enjoin [v] - See also: enjoin

Lexicographical Neighbors of Enjoining

enjails
enjamb
enjambed
enjambement
enjambements
enjambing
enjambment
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enjambs
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enjoinder
enjoinders
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enjoiner
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enjoinment
enjoinments
enjoins
enjoy
enjoy oneself
enjoy your meal
enjoyability
enjoyable
enjoyableness
enjoyablenesses
enjoyably
enjoyed
enjoyer
enjoyers

Literary usage of Enjoining

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Commentaries on the Law of Private Corporations by Seymour Dwight Thompson (1895)
"Enjoining the illegal voting of shares. 4523. Enjoining one corporation from voting shares held in another. 4524. Enjoining illegal forfeiture of shares. ..."

2. A Treatise on the Law Relating to Injunctionsby Howard Clifford Joyce by Howard Clifford Joyce (1909)
"... 320 enjoining enforcement—perjury—pleading of 413 enjoining enforcement for fraud—burden of proof 414 in foreign jurisdiction—administrator ..."

3. Commentaries on the Law of Contracts: Being a Consideration of the Nature ...by William Frederick Elliott by William Frederick Elliott (1913)
"Federal courts enjoining actions in state courts. —Federal statutes expressly prohibit the federal courts from enjoining actions or proceedings pending in ..."

4. A Treatise on the Law of Non-residents and Foreign Corporations as by Conrad Reno (1892)
"Hence, the assignee in insolvency may have the home creditor enjoined from prosecuting his attachment suit in such other state; and a decree enjoining him ..."

5. A Treatise on the Law of Judgments: Including the Doctrine of Res Judicata by Henry Campbell Black (1902)
"GROUNDS FOR Enjoining JUDGMENTS. § 365. General Grounds for Equitable Relief. There are two reasons why equity is slow to interfere with the operation of ..."

6. A Treatise on the Law of Eminent Domain in the United States by John Lewis (1900)
"Enjoining use and possession until damages are paid.—Another mode of enforcing payment indirectly is by enjoining the use of land taken until the ..."

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