1. injunction issued during a trial to maintain the status quo or preserve the subject matter of the litigation until the trial is over; [syn: temporary injunction, interlocutory injunction]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
interlocutory injunction
n 1: injunction issued during a trial to maintain the status quo
or preserve the subject matter of the litigation until the
trial is over [syn: temporary injunction, interlocutory
injunction]