Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun temporary_injunction

1 sense of temporary injunction

Sense 1
temporary injunction, interlocutory injunction -- (injunction issued during a trial to maintain the status quo or preserve the subject matter of the litigation until the trial is over)
       => injunction, enjoining, enjoinment, cease and desist order -- ((law) a judicial remedy issued in order to prohibit a party from doing or continuing to do a certain activity; "injunction were formerly obtained by writ but now by a judicial order")