Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Having the force of an injunction; enjoining.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun linguistics, uncountable A verbal mood in Sanskrit characterized by secondary endings but no augment, and usually looked like an augmentless aorist or imperfect.
  • noun linguistics, countable A verbal lexeme in injunctive mood

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Examples

  • The court found that, though the “as a result of” language in the Consumer Legal Remedies Act has been held to impose a reliance requirement, the UCL/FAL offer public-oriented remedies such as injunctive relief rather than actual or punitive damages as the CLRA allows, and thus the amendment should not be interpreted to add a reliance requirement.

    Archive 2005-12-01 Rebecca Tushnet 2005

  • The court found that, though the “as a result of” language in the Consumer Legal Remedies Act has been held to impose a reliance requirement, the UCL/FAL offer public-oriented remedies such as injunctive relief rather than actual or punitive damages as the CLRA allows, and thus the amendment should not be interpreted to add a reliance requirement.

    Federal court interprets new limits on Cal. false advertising law Rebecca Tushnet 2005

  • The Employee Free Choice Act levels the playing field by giving employees access to the same kind of injunctive relief now available to management.

    Wal-Mart Watch 2009

  • The Employee Free Choice Act levels the playing field by giving employees access to the same kind of injunctive relief now available to management.

    Wal-Mart Watch 2009

  • The question was whether the District Court had the power to enjoin the land transfer as part of its injunctive relief for the established EC violation.

    The Volokh Conspiracy » Mojave Cross Decision (Salazar v. Buono) Handed Down 2010

  • Life Partners said the SEC could seek an "injunctive" action against it.

    Life Partners Could Face SEC Action Mark Maremont 2011

  • Which leads to bizarre situations where the jury decides the monetary claim, then the judge sends the jury out and decides the injunctive claim.

    The Volokh Conspiracy » Iowa Constitution’s Due Process Clause Bars Propensity-to-Commit-Crime Evidence 2010

  • He said that granting "injunctive relief would cast a shadow over the power of state agencies in general."

    Nassau Takeover Is Upheld Sumathi Reddy 2011

  • In that view then we would go back to arguments about whether there was a detrimental effect of the kind that the restrictive covenants had on housing that would warrant non-enforcement of private owners preferences to exclude minorities through Court injunctive relief for the minorities on a piecemeal basis.

    The Volokh Conspiracy » Libertarianism, Federalism, and Racism 2010

  • Noting the possibility of specific remedies, however however, is not an indication of agreement about the continued necessity for injunctive relief.

    The Volokh Conspiracy » Mojave Cross Decision (Salazar v. Buono) Handed Down 2010

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