INJUNCTION

injunction. Injunction, n. a command, order, precept, prohibition

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In‐junc″tion (?), n. [[L. injunctio, fr. injungere, injunctum, to join into, to enjoin. See Enjoin.]] 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. (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.
☞ It is more generally used as a preventive than as a restorative process, although by no means confined to the former. Wharton. Daniell. Story.