injunction

gerichtliche Verfügung, einstweilige Verfügung

Eine gerichtliche Anordnung, die jemanden verpflichtet, etwas zu tun oder damit aufzuhören.

In einfachem Englisch: A court order requiring someone to do something or stop doing something.

• The judge issued an injunction.
• They obtained an injunction against further building work.
• Ignoring the court’s injunction could lead to a fine.

So benutzt man es: injunction against someone/something (The company obtained an injunction against the sale.); injunction to do something (They sought an injunction to stop construction.)

Synonyme: court order

Häufige Wendungen: court injunction, temporary injunction, injunction against someone

Anweisung, Gebot

Eine nachdrückliche Anweisung, etwas zu tun oder zu unterlassen.

In einfachem Englisch: A firm instruction telling someone to do something or to avoid doing it.

• He ignored the injunction to remain silent.
• The teacher’s injunction against cheating was clear.
• These moral injunctions shaped her early life.

So benutzt man es: injunction to do something (She remembered her father’s injunction to speak honestly.); injunction against something/doing something (Their leader repeated the injunction against wasting food.)

Synonyme: order, command, instruction

Häufige Wendungen: moral injunction, injunction to someone, injunction against something

Anordnen

Die Handlung, jemandem nachdrücklich zu sagen, was er tun oder unterlassen muss.

In einfachem Englisch: The act of telling someone firmly what they must or must not do.

• The ruler used injunction to demand obedience.
• His exercise of injunction left little room for discussion.
• Injunction, rather than persuasion, was her usual way of securing cooperation.

Synonyme: commanding, directing

Häufige Wendungen: injunction of obedience, act of injunction