Enjoining

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Enjoin \En*join"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Enjoined}; p. pr. & vb.
     n. {Enjoining}.] [F. enjoindre, L. injungere to join into,
     charge, enjoin; in + jungere to join. See {Join}, and cf.
     {Injunction}.]
     1. To lay upon, as an order or command; to give an injunction
        to; to direct with authority; to order; to charge.


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              High matter thou enjoin'st me.        --Milton.
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              I am enjoined by oath to observe three things.
                                                    --Shak.
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     2. (Law) To prohibit or restrain by a judicial order or
        decree; to put an injunction on.
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              This is a suit to enjoin the defendants from
              disturbing the plaintiffs.            --Kent.
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     Note: Enjoin has the force of pressing admonition with
           authority; as, a parent enjoins on his children the
           duty of obedience. But it has also the sense of
           command; as, the duties enjoined by God in the moral
           law. "This word is more authoritative than direct, and
           less imperious than command." --Johnson.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  enjoining
       n : (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" [syn: {injunction}, {enjoinment}, {cease
           and desist order}]