injunction

injonction judiciaire

Ordre d’un tribunal qui oblige quelqu’un à faire quelque chose ou à cesser de le faire.

En anglais simple : 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.

Comment l'utiliser : injunction against someone/something (The company obtained an injunction against the sale.); injunction to do something (They sought an injunction to stop construction.)

Synonymes : court order

Expressions courantes : court injunction, temporary injunction, injunction against someone

injonction, ordre

Instruction ferme qui demande à quelqu’un de faire quelque chose ou de s’en abstenir.

En anglais simple : 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.

Comment l'utiliser : 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.)

Synonymes : order, command, instruction

Expressions courantes : moral injunction, injunction to someone, injunction against something

action d’enjoindre

Action de dire fermement à quelqu’un ce qu’il doit faire ou ne pas faire.

En anglais simple : 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.

Synonymes : commanding, directing

Expressions courantes : injunction of obedience, act of injunction