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plural injunctions
The act of enjoining; the act of directing, commanding, or prohibiting. examples
That which is enjoined; such as an order, mandate, decree, command, precept. quotations examples
Its verbs are conjugated in a way that defies all the injunctions of the grammar books; it has its contumacious rules of tense, number and case; […]]
, H. L. Mencken, chapter 39, in The American Language, 2nd edition, New York: Alfred A. Knopf, page 262
At the end of the Falklands war two years earlier too, the Queen, whose second son, Andrew, had served as a helicopter pilot with the task force, was singularly untriumphalist and showed no inclination to follow her prime minister’s injunction to rejoice at victory.
September 8 2022, Stephen Bates, “Queen Elizabeth II obituary”, in The Guardian
(law) A writ or process, granted by a court of equity, and, in some cases, under statutes, by a court of law, whereby a party is required to do or to refrain from doing certain acts, according to the exigency of the writ. quotations examples
Southwark council, which took out the injunction against Matt, believes YouTube has become the "new playground" for gang members.
2012 April 19, Josh Halliday, “Free speech haven or lawless cesspool – can the internet be civilised?”, in The Guardian