injunction

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   a court order requiring or forbidding an action; an authoritative command

   The judge issued an injunction halting the demolition.

From Late Latin iniunctio(n-), from Latin iniungere ('to enjoin, impose'), from in- ('on') + iungere ('to join'), from the Proto-Indo-European root *yeug- ('to join').

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