Definitions for enjoining

Overview of noun enjoining

The noun enjoining has 1 senses? (no senses from tagged texts)

1. injunction, enjoining, enjoinment, cease and desist order

((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")

Overview of verb enjoin

The verb enjoin has 2 senses? (first 2 from tagged texts)

1. (2) enjoin

(issue an injunction)

2. (1) order, tell, enjoin, say

(give instructions to or direct somebody to do something with authority; "I said to him to go home"; "She ordered him to do the shopping"; "The mother told the child to get dressed")