INTERLOCUTORY INJUNCTION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does interlocutory injunction mean? 

• INTERLOCUTORY INJUNCTION (noun)
  The noun INTERLOCUTORY INJUNCTION has 1 sense:

1. injunction issued during a trial to maintain the status quo or preserve the subject matter of the litigation until the trial is over

  Familiarity information: INTERLOCUTORY INJUNCTION used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• INTERLOCUTORY INJUNCTION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Injunction issued during a trial to maintain the status quo or preserve the subject matter of the litigation until the trial is over

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

interlocutory injunction; temporary injunction

Hypernyms ("interlocutory injunction" is a kind of...):

cease and desist order; enjoining; enjoinment; injunction ((law) a judicial remedy issued in order to prohibit a party from doing or continuing to do a certain activity)

Domain category:

jurisprudence; law (the collection of rules imposed by authority)