Meaning & use
court injunction
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Meanings
nouncountablelegallaw
An official order from a judge that tells someone to do something or to stop doing something.
Grammar: Countable: you can say 'a court injunction' or 'two court injunctions'.
Patterns
- grant a court injunction
- seek a court injunction
- a court injunction against someone
- a court injunction ordering someone to do something
The company asked for a court injunction to stop its former employee from sharing trade secrets.
A court injunction forced the factory to reduce its pollution within thirty days.
The protesters ignored the court injunction and stayed in the building.
nouncountablelegallaw
The legal procedure or document by which a judge issues such an order.
Grammar: Used when talking about the paperwork or the legal step itself, often with 'obtain' or 'file'.
Patterns
- obtain a court injunction
- file for a court injunction
Her lawyers filed for a court injunction while the case continued.
Obtaining a court injunction can take several weeks.
Word forms
| plural | court injunctions |
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Common combinations
- grant a court injunction
- The judge agreed to grant a court injunction against the developer.
- seek a court injunction
- Neighbors are seeking a court injunction to block the new road.
- temporary court injunction
- A temporary court injunction will remain in place until the hearing.
- court injunction against someone
- They got a court injunction against the magazine.
Synonyms and how they differ
- restraining order
- Often used for orders that protect a person from contact or harm, while 'court injunction' is broader and can order someone to take action.
- order
- More general; 'court injunction' specifically means an order made by a court, usually to prevent or require an action.
Word family
- injunction noun
- A court order, without saying which court; the short everyday form.
- injunctive adjective
- Relating to an injunction, as in 'injunctive relief'.
Commonly confused: court injunction or injunction?
court injunction vs injunction
The same core word; 'court injunction' just makes clear that the order comes from a court.
Practice
The judge issued a court injunction ___ the company from cutting down the trees.
Choose one answer.
'Injunction against' is the standard pattern when the order stops someone from doing something. 'For' would suggest the injunction is in favor of the company, and 'to' and 'with' do not fit this structure.
Make it your own
Write a sentence using “court injunction”, then check it and compare it with the examples above.