cease–and–desist order

cease–and–desist order
cease–and–desist order see order 3b

Merriam-Webster’s Dictionary of Law. . 1996.

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  • cease and desist order — n. An order by a court, agency, or judicial body telling someone to stop doing a particular activity, usually because the activity in question is illegal. The Essential Law Dictionary. Sphinx Publishing, An imprint of Sourcebooks, Inc. Amy… …   Law dictionary

  • cease and desist order — noun (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 • Derivationally… …   Useful english dictionary

  • cease and desist order — An order of an administrative agency or court prohibiting a person or business firm from continuing a particular course of conduct, e.g. Fed. Trade Commission may order a business to cease and desist from misbranding or misadvertising its… …   Black's law dictionary

  • cease and desist order — An order of an administrative agency or court prohibiting a person or business firm from continuing a particular course of conduct, e.g. Fed. Trade Commission may order a business to cease and desist from misbranding or misadvertising its… …   Black's law dictionary

  • cease-and-desist order — An order issued after notice and opportunity for hearing, requiring a depository institution, a holding company or a depository institution official to terminate unlawful, unsafe or unsound banking practices. Cease and desist orders are issued by …   Financial and business terms

  • cease and desist order — An order by an administrative agency which requires that certain practices specified be stopped. 2 Am J2d Admin L § 467. Thus, an order of a National Labor Relations Board restraining an employer from an unfair labor practice. 31 Am J Rev ed Lab… …   Ballentine's law dictionary

  • cease and desist order — noun Date: 1926 an order from an administrative agency to refrain from a method of competition or a labor practice found by the agency to be unfair …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • cease-and-desist order — /sees euhn di zist , sist / an order by a government agency to a person or corporation to terminate a business practice found by the agency to be illegal or unfair. [1925 30] * * * …   Universalium

  • cease and desist order — temporary order from a government authority that orders a business to stop a certain activity (when there is suspicion of impropriety or of a violation of the law) …   English contemporary dictionary

  • cease-and-desist order — /sees euhn di zist , sist / an order by a government agency to a person or corporation to terminate a business practice found by the agency to be illegal or unfair. [1925 30] …   Useful english dictionary

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