Analysis Complete

cease and desist order

/ cease and desist order /
noun

Definitions & Examples

noun Sense 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"
Type of:
prohibition ban proscription
Kinds of:
mandatory injunction permanent injunction final injunction temporary injunction interlocutory injunction
Derived:
enjoin
Domain:
law jurisprudence
Semantic Complexity
60%
Sense Count
1
Total Synonyms
0
Total Relationships
9
Times Searched
3
Relationship Distribution

Word Relationship Graph

Synonyms Antonyms Hypernyms Hyponyms

Related Words

prohibition ban proscription mandatory injunction permanent injunction final injunction temporary injunction interlocutory injunction