Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
An injunction can require someone to do something, like clean up an oil spill or remove a spite fence. Or it can prohibit someone from doing something, like using an illegally obtained trade secret. An injunction that requires conduct is called a "mandatory injunction." An injunction that prohibits conduct is called a "prohibitory injunction."
In logic, this idea can be expressed as: "Person A has a claim that person B do something if and only if B has a duty to A to do that something." Every claim-right entails that some other duty-bearer must do some duty for the claim to be satisfied. This duty can be to act or to refrain from acting.
In contrast, the type of shevu`ah mentioned above (referred to by the Sages as shevu'at bitui, שבעת ביטוי) (and distinct from "oath" in testimony and jurisprudence, also called shevu`ah) [9] is a declaration wherein a person makes a statement obligating himself to perform a positive act or to refrain from doing something, either ...
A writ of mandamus (/ m æ n ˈ d eɪ m ə s /; lit. ' 'we command' ') is a judicial remedy in the English and American common law system consisting of a court order that commands a government official or entity to perform an act it is legally required to perform as part of its official duties, or to refrain from performing an act the law forbids it from doing.
Consideration is the price one pays for another's promise. It can take a number of forms: money, property, a promise, the doing of an act, or even refraining from doing an act. In broad terms, if one agrees to do something he was not otherwise legally obligated to do, it may be said that he has given consideration.
The SEC’s Gary Gensler must refrain from doing more harm to crypto on his way out the door. Kristin Smith. November 19, 2024 at 6:15 AM.
order a party to do or refrain from doing something ("injunctive relief") to order specific performance of a contract; to order the rectification, setting aside or cancellation of a deed or other document.
An injunction is a court order requiring a party to do something or to refrain from doing something. A preliminary injunction is one that lasts until there is a final judgment in the case, at which point the court might grant a permanent injunction under the test recognized by eBay Inc. v. MercExchange, L.L.C. (2006).