Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

preliminary injunction

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.40 in modern English

Syllables: pre-lim-i-nary in-junc-tion
IPA

37

Scrabble Score

21

Letters

6

Syllables

14

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A court order prohibiting a party to litigation from carrying on a course of action until a trial has determined whether the course of action is proper.

Inflected Forms

preliminary injunctions (plural)

Phrases

preliminarily enjoin

Questions

What does preliminary injunction mean?: A court order prohibiting a party to litigation from carrying on a course of action until a trial has determined whether the course of action is proper.

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