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injunctive relief

a court order requiring or forbidding an action

In Law & Justice

In more detail

1. (noun) a legal remedy in which a court orders someone to do something or to stop doing something, rather than awarding money damages; an injunction granted by a court to prevent harm or enforce a right

Examples

• 1. The environmental group sought injunctive relief to stop the factory from polluting the river.

Nearby in Law & Justice

estoppel, expunge, forensic, interrogatory, moot, plaintiff's bar