cease and desist order

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cease and desist order - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  cease and desist order
      n 1: (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" [syn: injunction, enjoining,
           enjoinment, cease and desist order]