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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

“Because such discrimination violates the Supremacy Clause, the Court is constrained to enjoin the facial covering prohibition,” she wrote.

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 9, 2026

The record describes what is part of the case, and if the record shows violations, then the court has a duty to enjoin that.

From Slate Sep. 15, 2025

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

The order enjoins the government from further review and use of these documents for investigative purposes, not for purposes of intelligence classification and national security assessments.

From Slate Sep. 6, 2022

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

Freed finds an inventive way to handle Shakespeare's troublesome ending when Kate, her spirit broken, enjoins the headstrong women around her to gratefully succumb to their husbands.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 2, 2018

On the other hand the Abbé Dudouyt writing from Paris, enjoins prudence on the bishop, lest "it should seem as if he could not keep on good terms with anybody."

From Count Frontenac Makers of Canada, Volume 3 by William Dawson LeSueur

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

She asked Justice Department lawyers what set apart the most recent cuts from previous ones she enjoined.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 12, 2025

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

Why had he enjoined me, too, to secrecy?

From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë

“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

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 seeks an order permanently enjoining Thermo Fisher Scientific from using the HeLa cell line without the estate’s permission.

From Seattle Times Oct. 4, 2021

The law’s challengers, a group of Black-led advocacy organizations, sought temporary relief enjoining enforcement of the law while the case proceeds.

From Slate Sep. 15, 2021

There followed a scramble and a slide, then Philippa's voice again, enjoining me to keep to the right.

From Further Experiences of an Irish R.M. by Martin Ross




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