'Enjoining' definitions:
Definition of 'enjoining'
From: WordNet
noun
(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, enjoining, enjoinment, cease and desist order]
Definition of 'Enjoining'
From: 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. [1913 Webster]
- High matter thou enjoin'st me. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
- I am enjoined by oath to observe three things. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 2. (Law) To prohibit or restrain by a judicial order or decree; to put an injunction on. [1913 Webster]
- This is a suit to enjoin the defendants from disturbing the plaintiffs. --Kent. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]