injunction
Example Sentences
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In nearly all of those cases, he won preliminary rulings from the Supreme Court allowing his policies to take effect, notwithstanding lower-court injunctions that had blocked them.
Issuing a temporary administrative injunction is a common procedural move, allowing judges to freeze things in the status quo until the court has a chance to weigh the law and come to a decision.
From Los Angeles Times
"This injunction gives a proper chance to understand when a deportation is appropriate," he said.
From BBC
A Texas judge eventually granted a permanent injunction mandating that the engineer delete and stop publishing Google secrets.
The Danish energy company has been granted an injunction on the lease suspension orders for its U.S.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
