enjoinment 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}]
Enjoinment \En*join"ment\, n. Direction; command; authoritative admonition. [Obs.] --Sir T. Browne. [1913 Webster]