injunction

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Estimated CEFR level: C1 — Advanced

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun a formal command or admonition
  2. noun (law) a judicial remedy issued in order to prohibit a party from doing or continuing to do a certain activity

Etymology

From Middle English iniunccyon, iniunccion, from Old French injonctïon, from Latin iniūnctiō (“command, injunction”).

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