mandatory injunction

mandatory injunction
noun
injunction requiring the performance of some specific act
Topics: ↑law, ↑jurisprudence

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noun
: an injunction entered at the conclusion of an equity case compelling the defendant to do some positive act or to cease to do something he has done, thereby compelling him in effect to undo it — compare prohibitory injunction

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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  • mandatory — man·da·to·ry / man də ˌtȯr ē/ adj: containing or constituting a command: being obligatory man·da·to·ri·ly / ˌtȯr i lē/ adv Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996 …   Law dictionary

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  • injunction — A court order prohibiting someone from doing some specified act or commanding someone to undo some wrong or injury. A prohibitive, equitable remedy issued or granted by a court at the suit of a party complainant, directed to a party defendant in… …   Black's law dictionary

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