pyjama injunction
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.29 in modern English
39
Scrabble Score
16
Letters
5
Syllables
11
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
An injunction that was granted (typically at night) with expediency outside a court's office hours.
Informal
Example Sentences
- "They're called pyjama injunctions because, according to folklore, they're granted by High Court judges who, due to the lateness of the hour, are already in kipping gear."
- "When the claimants were informed that Hello! was about to publish the unauthorised photographs, they immediately sought a ‘pyjama injunction’ by telephone."
- "The measure — branded a "pyjama injunction" by critics as it can be issued outside normal court hours — was behind the grounding of the first flight to Rwanda in June 2022."
Etymology
From urban legends stating that judges wore pyjamas when dealing with such injunctions due to lateness.