enjoining : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: enjoining	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for enjoining
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [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" Synonym(s): injunction, enjoining, enjoinment, cease and desist order
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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. High matter thou enjoin'st me. --Milton. I am enjoined by oath to observe three things. --Shak. 2. (Law) To prohibit or restrain by a judicial order or decree; to put an injunction on. This is a suit to enjoin the defendants from disturbing the plaintiffs. --Kent. 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. [bd]This word is more authoritative than direct, and less imperious than command.[b8] --Johnson.