enjoinder
/ɛnˈdʒɔɪndər/
noun
- An authoritative order or command.
- She followed her father's enjoinder to always tell the truth.
- The general issued an enjoinder for the troops to advance at dawn.
- The king's enjoinder was that all taxes be paid by the end of the month.
- A legal order that prohibits someone from doing something; an injunction.
- The court issued an enjoinder preventing the factory from dumping waste into the river.
- The enjoinder remained in effect until the trial was complete.
- The lawyer filed for an enjoinder to stop the eviction.
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