All 4 Uses of
injunction
in
David Copperfield
- I obey the first clause of the injunction by trying once more, but am not so successful with the second, for I am very stupid.†
Chpt 4-6 *
- I tried, on her injunction, to fix it, and to hear something of what was going on there, but quite in vain.†
Chpt 22-24
- It was addressed to myself; and laid an injunction on me, in a few affectionate words, never to refer to the subject of that evening.†
Chpt 40-42
- But, I believe the time has come when it would be mistaken faith and delicacy to conceal it any longer, and when your appeal absolves me from his injunction.'†
Chpt 43-45
Definition:
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(injunction) a command from the court -- usually to prohibit someone from doing or continuing to do something