ENJOINMENT

injunction, enjoining, enjoinment, cease and desist order

(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”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

enjoinment (plural enjoinments)

(obsolete) A command; an authoritative admonition.

Source: Wiktionary


En*join"ment, n.

Definition: Direction; command; authoritative admonition. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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Word of the Day

3 April 2025

WHOLE

(noun) an assemblage of parts that is regarded as a single entity; “how big is that part compared to the whole?”; “the team is a unit”


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Coffee Trivia

The first coffee-house in Mecca dates back to the 1510s. The beverage was in Turkey by the 1530s. It appeared in Europe circa 1515-1519 and was introduced to England by 1650. By 1675 the country had more than 3,000 coffee houses, and coffee had replaced beer as a breakfast drink.

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