In-jŭnc'tion, n.

n. [Lat. injunctio, from injungere, to join into, to enjoin, from prefix in and jungere, to join; Pr. injonction, Fr. injunction.]

1. The act of enjoining or commanding.
2. That which is enjoined; an order; a command; a precept.

For still they knew, and ought to have still remembered, The high injunction, not to taste that fruit. Milton. 3. (Law.) A writ or process, granted by a court of equity, and, in some cases, under statutes, by a court of law, whereby a party is required to do or to refrain from doing certain acts, according to the exigency of the writ. It is sometimes described as a judicial process whereby a party is required to do a particular thing, or to refrain from doing a particular thing. It is, however, more generally used as a preventive than as a restorative process, although by no means confined to the former. Wharton. Daniell. Story.