A court order commanding or preventing an action.
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to pronunciationAn injunction is always an extraordinary remedy, only available to a claimant if money damages are not enough to satisfy the needs of justice.
Legal Definition - A court order commanding or preventing an action. To get an injunction, the complainant must show that there is no plain adequate remedy at law and that an irreparable injury will result unless the relief is granted. Black's Law Dictionary® Eighth Edition © 2004
Other Forms -
v. to enjoin
ex parte injunction or temporary restraining order - a court can grant this form of injunction without the other side present.
preliminary or temporary injunction - an injunction granted by a court to maintain the status quo during the process of a lawsuit.
Mandatory injunction - an injunction that orders an affirmative act rather than preventing an act.
permanent injunction - an injunction granted after final hearing (despite its name, it doesn't always last forever).
Recent Usage - Research In Motion Ltd. has not shut down communications with U.S. patent holding firm NTP Inc. and remains open to a "reasonable settlement opportunity", its chief financial officer said on Friday. With one week before a February 24 court hearing on NTP's request for an injunction to halt U.S. service of RIM's BlackBerry e-mail device, he also repeated that Canadian firm's technical workaround will avert any blackout. RIM still open to "reasonable" NTP settlement. RIM still open to "reasonable" NTP settlement. Internet News Article Reuters.co.uk Fri Feb 17, 2006 6:10 PM GMT
