Search Result for "cease and desist order":
Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. (law) a judicial remedy issued in order to prohibit a party from doing or continuing to do a certain activity;
- Example: "injunction were formerly obtained by writ but now by a judicial order"
[syn: injunction, enjoining, enjoinment, cease and desist order]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

cease and desist order n 1: (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" [syn: injunction, enjoining, enjoinment, cease and desist order]