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Definition of Cease and desist order
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"
Exact synonyms: Enjoining, Enjoinment, Injunction
Generic synonyms: Ban, Prohibition, Proscription
Specialized synonyms: Mandatory Injunction, Final Injunction, Permanent Injunction, Interlocutory Injunction, Temporary Injunction
Category relationships: Jurisprudence, Law
Derivative terms: Enjoin, Enjoin, Enjoin
Generic synonyms: Ban, Prohibition, Proscription
Specialized synonyms: Mandatory Injunction, Final Injunction, Permanent Injunction, Interlocutory Injunction, Temporary Injunction
Category relationships: Jurisprudence, Law
Derivative terms: Enjoin, Enjoin, Enjoin
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cease And Desist Order
Literary usage of Cease and desist order
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Report of the Congressional Committees Investigating the Iran/Contra Affair by Lee H. Hamilton, Daniel K. Inouye (1995)
"The Task Force Chief says it was a "cease and desist" order, especially in light
of the one he had sent in the end of May.85 It is interesting to note, ..."
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