🇩🇪German Source WordCode: DE

Einstweilige Verfügung

Pronunciation / Transliteration: Einstweilige Verfügung

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Injunction/ɪnˈdʒʌŋkʃən/
nounCEFR C1 (Advanced)Top #8500 frequency
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🇩🇪 Example Sentence in German:

"Das Gericht erließ eine einstweilige Verfügung."

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As noun
  1. 1

    A judicial order restraining a person from beginning or continuing an action threatened or doing an act wrongfigured, or an order requiring a party to take a specific action.

    "The environmental group sought an injunction to stop the construction of the highway."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Late Middle English (in the sense 'enjoining' or 'command'): from Latin iniunctio(n-), from the verb iniungere 'imjoin, impose'.

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