🇵🇹Portuguese Source WordCode: PT

injunção provisória

Pronunciation / Transliteration: /ĩ.ʒũˈsãw pɾo.viˈzo.ɾjɐ/

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Interim-injunction/ˌɪn.tər.ɪm ɪnˈdʒʌŋk.ʃən/
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🇵🇹 Example Sentence in Portuguese:

"O juiz emitiu uma injunção provisória."

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2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A temporary court order issued before a full hearing takes place, designed to maintain the status quo and prevent irreparable harm until a final judgment can be made.

    "The court granted an interim-injunction to stop the company from demolishing the historic building."
  2. 2

    A provisional legal remedy that restrains a party from doing a specific act until a designated date or further court order.

    "Her lawyer applied for an urgent interim-injunction to prevent the asset transfer."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the Latin 'interim' (meanwhile) combined with 'injunction', which stems from Latin 'injungere' (to join upon, impose). The compound term emerged in English legal terminology during the 19th century to describe temporary judicial orders issued during the pendency of a lawsuit.

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