injunction

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🗓️ 11 September 2023

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Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day for September 11, 2023 is:

injunction • \in-JUNK-shun\ • noun

Injunction refers to an order from a court of law that says something must be done or must not be done.

// The group has obtained an injunction to prevent the demolition of the building.

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“While a district court rejected the group's request for an emergency injunction at the end of June, the Fifth Circuit obliged—blocking the new rule from being carried out for the time being.” — Ayelet Sheffey, Business Insider, 7 Aug. 2023

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Injunction, injunction, what’s your function? When it first joined the English language in the 1400s, injunction referred to an authoritative command, and in the following century it developed a legal second sense applying specifically to a court order. Both of these meanings are still in use. Injunction ultimately comes from the Latin verb injungere (“to enjoin,” i.e., to issue an authoritative command or order), which in turn is based on jungere, meaning “to join”: it is joined as a jungere descendant by several words including junction, conjunction, enjoin, and join.

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0:00.0	It's Merriam Websters, Word of the Day, 4 September 11th.
0:11.4	Today's word is injunction, spelled I-N-J-U-N-C-T-I-O-N, injunction is a noun.
0:19.2	It refers to an order from a court of law that says something must be done or must not
0:24.0	be done.
0:25.0	Here's the word used in a sentence from business insider.
0:29.4	While a district court rejected the group's request for an emergency injunction at the
0:33.8	end of June, the fifth circuit obliged, blocking the new rule from being carried out for the
0:39.4	time being.
0:42.0	Injunction, injunction, what's your function?
0:45.3	When it first joined the English language in the 1400s, the word injunction referred
0:49.9	to an authoritative command, and in the following century it developed a legal second sense,
0:56.0	applying specifically to a court order.
0:58.6	Both of these meanings are still in use.
1:01.0	Injunction ultimately comes from the Latin verb in Jungare meaning to enjoy, that is to
1:07.2	issue an authoritative command or order, which in turn is based on Jungare meaning to join.
1:13.5	It is joined as a Jungare descendant by several words, including the words junction, conjunction,
1:19.4	and join and join.
1:21.6	With your word of the day, I'm Peter Sokolowski.
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