enjoining

Noun

1.

enjoining - (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" Synonyms: cease and desist order, enjoinment, injunction

ban, cease and desist order, enjoin, enjoinment, final injunction, injunction, interlocutory injunction, jurisprudence, law, mandatory injunction, permanent injunction, prohibition, proscription, temporary injunction