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    injunction
    /ɪnˈdʒʌŋ(k)ʃn/

    noun

    • 1. an authoritative warning or order.

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  3. An injunction is an official order given by a law court, usually to stop someone from doing something. Learn more about the meaning, usage and types of injunctions with Cambridge Dictionary.

  4. An injunction is a court order commanding or forbidding the doing of some act, or an authoritative command or admonition. Learn the synonyms, examples, word history, and legal terms related to injunction.

    • What Injunctions Do
    • Power of Arrest
    • Domestic Violence Injunctions
    • Property Injunctions
    • Search Orders
    • Preventing Someone from Leaving The Country
    • Publication Injunctions
    • Housing Injunctions

    Injunctions are orders of court that prevent someone from doing somethingto the detriment of someone else, such as an infringement of rights or harm. They are most commonly used to protect someone from domestic violence, whether that is the spouse or partner of the violent person, a child, or someone else. However, injunctions can also be used in o...

    A power to arrestcan be attached to an injunction by a judge. As the name suggests, it gives the police power to arrest the offending party if the injunction order is broken. It is usually only given if the offender has been violent or has threatened to be violent, and there is a reasonable chance that violence will occur in the future.

    Non-molestation orders

    A non-molestation order prevents your ex-partner or someone else from harassing you, or your children after divorce or separation. It can also stop that person from interfering in any way with your daily life. Harassment can take many forms. It might be obvious physical violence, such as hitting you, throwing objects at you, or spitting at you. It also might include nonphysical interaction such as shouting from across the street, or acts purposefully intended to distress you, such as leaving...

    Occupation orders

    An occupation ordersets out who can live in the family home on a short-term basis after there has been violence or harassment. They may be made in a number of situations: 1. when a married couple have been living in the matrimonial home; 2. where people are joint owners of the property 3. where there is an agreement that one person may live in the property, or 4. where alaw gives rights to the occupation. An occupation order may: 1. allow you to remain in your home if your partner tries to th...

    Common law injunctions

    A common law injunctioncan be applied for by anyone in a relationship that is not marriage, for example: 1. where an unmarried couple live or do not live together; 2. where the relationship was one of friendship; 3. where the relationship is one of family; 4. where the person committing harrassment is a neighbour. A common law injunction might be granted to prevent the other person from assaulting or harassing you. Their action must be serious enough such that it is to the detriment of your m...

    These injunctions must be applied for in the High Court and require you to pay your opponent's costs if you lose your case. They may have a penal notice attached to them, which is a warning to the other side that they could be sent to prison if they break the order. A freezing injunctionprevents your opponent from selling, transferring, destroying,...

    An injunction can be granted to allow you to access your opponent's home or workplace, to search it, and to take evidence that might be important to another case in which you are both involved. Search orders are difficult to obtain and are only granted in very important cases where there is definite proof that important evidence will be found. Once...

    if your opponent owes more than £50, you can apply for an injunction to prevent them from leaving the country until they pay some money to the court, usually a sufficient amount to be confident that they will return. Your opponents passport may be taken away from them. These types of injunctions are usually made together with freezing injunctions o...

    A publication injunctionprevents someone from publishing something about you. An application is usually made in the High Court, but sometimes they can be made in the County Court. A penal notice can be attached, but a power of arrest cannot. Publication injunctions are usually made where one party wishes to make public sensitive information about s...

    Under the Housing Act1996, your local council housing association may apply for an injunction against council tenants who are causing a nuisance. These prevent the tenant from continuing the anti-social behaviour. These types of injunction usually have a power of arrest attached. If your landlord is harassing you, for example by deliberately preven...

  5. An injunction is a court order, usually one telling someone not to do something. Learn more about the word forms, synonyms, examples, and usage of injunction in law and other contexts.

  6. Jun 22, 2015 · An injunction, ordered by a court of law, requiring that a party to a legal action take a specific action, or stop engaging in an act, provides a way for individuals and entities to obtain a legal remedy other than money damages.

  7. An injunction is a court order that compels or restrains an act by a person, organization, or government official. Learn the origin, usage and derived forms of the word, and see sentences with injunction from various sources.

  8. An injunction is a court order that requires a party to do a specified act (mandatory injunction) or to refrain from doing a specified act (prohibitory injunction). An injunction is granted as a matter of discretion and can be an interim order or a final remedy.

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