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  2. Injunction - Wikipedia

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    An injunction is an equitable remedy [a] in the form of a special court order that compels a party to do or refrain from specific acts. [1] [2] It was developed by the English courts of equity but its origins go back to Roman law and the equitable remedy of the "interdict".

  3. Prayer for relief - Wikipedia

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    A prayer for relief, in the law of civil procedure, is a portion of a complaint in which the plaintiff describes the remedies that the plaintiff seeks from the court. For example, the plaintiff may ask for an award of compensatory damages, punitive damages, attorney's fees, an injunction to make the defendant stop a certain activity, or all of these.

  4. Equitable remedy - Wikipedia

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    [10] (ii) No bars to equitable relief prevent specific performance. A bar to relief arises for example, when the court's continuous supervision of the defendant is not feasible. [11] An account of profits is usually ordered where payment of damages would still leave the wrongdoer unjustly enriched at the expense of the wronged party. However ...

  5. Federal courts have allowed prisons and private medical ... - AOL

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    And any prisoners seeking injunctive relief — such as a transfer to a hospital — must file a federal constitutional claim. Yet the barriers to relief in federal court introduced by Congress ...

  6. Legal remedy - Wikipedia

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    Injunction; Injunction is a court order that coerces the defendant to take specific acts or refrains him or her from engaging in certain actions, e.g., breaching a contract. [9] In the U.S., injunction is the most common type of equitable remedies, and failure to comply with an injunction can lead to results ranging from fines to imprisonment.

  7. It's extremely rare for prisoners to win lawsuits on Eighth ...

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    In 11 cases — less than 1% of the sample — the plaintiffs won relief in court. ... were granted motions for injunctive relief, such as being freed from a prolonged stint in solitary. In one of ...

  8. Adequate remedy - Wikipedia

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    Secondly, injunction, this is a legal action of the court order to stop and forbidding someone from doing something illegal activities such as breaching a contract. [6] The example of injunctions are waste, trespass to land, injury to industrial property and misuse of confidential of the information. [12]

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    Finally, consider filing an injunctive relief in court. If you believe their property rights are being violated, an injunction may halt the survey or construction until the legal dispute is ...