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mareva injunction

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.26 in modern English

Syllables
mare-va in-junc-tion
IPA
30
Scrabble Score
16
Letters
4
Syllables
12
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A court order which freezes assets so that a defendant to an action cannot dissipate their assets from beyond the jurisdiction of the court.

Canadian usage; British usage

Etymology

Named after the legal case Mareva Compania Naviera SA v International Bulkcarriers SA [1975] 2 Lloyd's Rep 509, decided in 1975.

Usage

Inflected Forms

Mareva injunctions (plural)

Synonyms

freezing injunction freezing order

Questions

What does mareva injunction mean?
A court order which freezes assets so that a defendant to an action cannot dissipate their assets from beyond the jurisdiction of the court.
Where does mareva injunction come from?
Named after the legal case Mareva Compania Naviera SA v International Bulkcarriers SA [1975] 2 Lloyd's Rep 509, decided in 1975.

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