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enjoin

[en-join] / ɛnˈdʒɔɪn /




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The order would also “permanently” restrain and enjoin Musk’s trust from violating the section of the Exchange Act that was the subject of this case, according to the text of the proposed settlement.

From MarketWatch May 4, 2026

Court of International Trade to enjoin the tariffs so businesses don’t have to pay them while litigation plays out and later seek refunds if higher courts rule them unlawful.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 8, 2026

Going forward, courts may only enjoin enforcement to the extent necessary to give relief to the plaintiffs who brought the case.

From Salon Jun. 30, 2025

Hoekstra’s faction filed suit in the state’s Kent County, asking a judge to enjoin Karamo from continuing to act as chair.

From Slate Feb. 29, 2024

Some employers go further; instead of relying on the informal “money taboo” to keep workers from discussing and comparing wages, they specifically enjoin workers from doing so.

From "Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America" by Barbara Ehrenreich

The report enjoins Boeing, within the next six months, to “develop an action plan that includes a milestone-based approach that comprehensively addresses each recommendation.”

From Seattle Times Feb. 26, 2024

So, will you join in the battle to give every citizen the full equality which God enjoins and the law requires, whatever his belief, or race, or the color of his skin?

From Textbooks Dec. 21, 2021

The government argued that if the court enjoins Bolton, then its order should also bind his publisher, Simon & Schuster.

From Washington Post Jun. 17, 2020

The May federal ruling further enjoins “officers, agents, and employees” of WPM from “suppressing the availability of truthful negative comments or reviews through any means, including threats, intimidation, non-disparagement clauses, and suppression of online content.”

From Slate Nov. 8, 2018

Drummond, Thomas, Justice, enjoins executor of Burnside's order against Chicago Times, 206; his order disregarded, 207; 10, 208, 427.

From The Life of Lyman Trumbull by White, Horace

Confronted with the rules of fair play, the reader was enjoined to solve the case alongside the detective, which required seeing through the author’s sleights of hand.

From The Wall Street Journal Feb. 20, 2026

During that period, I would expect that pregnant families would likely file class-action litigation under Rule 23 to try to have the executive order enjoined on a classwide basis.

From Slate May 19, 2025

"I enjoined the defendants from taking any action to implement the so-called 'Fork Directive' pending the completion of briefing and oral argument on the issues," said O'Toole in a hearing on Thursday.

From Salon Feb. 6, 2025

The state law also will continue to apply to California consumers if the FTC’s new rule is enjoined by a federal judge or blocked by Congress, Herrell said.

From Los Angeles Times Oct. 16, 2024

But the swineherd calmly stood near Penelope whispering what her son had bade him tell and what he had enjoined on her.

From "The Odyssey" by Homer

“This broad displacement contradicts what B.P.J. told the court a few months ago — that not one ‘single person’ would be harmed by enjoining this validly enacted state law.

From Washington Times Jul. 12, 2023

“Therefore, we find that the circuit court abused its discretion by permanently enjoining the State from implementing the Hope Scholarship Act.”

From Seattle Times Nov. 17, 2022

The U.S. 5th Circuit Court of Appeals ordered them released last week while it considers whether the group should remain subject to the restraining order enjoining it from accessing or using Konnech’s data.

From Los Angeles Times Nov. 16, 2022

“It also irreparably harms the government by enjoining critical steps of an ongoing criminal investigation and needlessly compelling disclosure of highly sensitive records, including to” Trump’s lawyers.

From Washington Post Sep. 16, 2022

It is followed by a letter enjoining the Abbess and convent of Wilton to receive back the two nuns.

From Medieval English Nunneries c. 1275 to 1535 by Power, Eileen




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