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Entry 3 senses Webster, 1913

Injunction

/ĭn.jŭnkʹshən/ · In·junc·tion · IPA /ɪnˈd͡ʒʌŋk.ʃən/
01 n. The act of enjoining; the act of directing, commanding, or prohibiting.
  1. 1.
    The act of enjoining; the act of directing, commanding, or prohibiting.
  2. 2.
    That which is enjoined; an order; a mandate; a decree; a command; a precept; a direction.
    “For still they knew, and ought to have still remembered, The high injunction, not to taste that fruit.” Milton.
    “Necessary as the injunctions of lawful authority.” South.
  3. 3.
    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.(Law)