Origin Developed by the English courts of equity, with origins going back to Roman law and the interdict
An injunction is a court order compelling a party to perform or refrain from performing a specified act, developed as an equitable remedy by the English courts of equity with roots reaching back to Roman law. Because the court's coercive powers stand fully behind it, disobeying an injunction can bring criminal or civil penalties, monetary sanctions, imprisonment, and a separate finding of contempt of court, and injunctions traditionally issue only where monetary damages would not adequately remedy the wrong. Injunctions may be prohibitory, forbidding an act such as using stolen trade secrets, or mandatory, requiring an act such as cleaning up an oil spill, and many combine both; by timing they may be interim or preliminary, issued before trial to preserve the status quo, or permanent, issued after trial. Courts weigh fairness, good faith and the public interest in setting an injunction's scope, and its availability remains subject to equitable defenses such as laches, meaning unreasonable delay. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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Origin PeriodDeveloped by the English courts of equity, with origins going back to Roman law and the interdict 1 Core PrincipleAn equitable remedy in the form of a special court order compelling a party to do or refrain from doing certain acts 1 Origin Period
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1. Injunction (Wikipedia)
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It was developed by the English courts of equity but its origins go back to Roman law and the equitable remedy of the "interdict".
Introduction, opening definition
An injunction is an equitable remedy in the form of a special court order compelling a party to do or refrain from doing certain acts.
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an equitable remedy in the form of a special court order compelling a party to do or refrain from doing certain actsView the Source Frequently Asked Questions
Where does the injunction come from?
It was developed by English courts of equity with roots in the Roman law interdict.
The injunction was developed by the English courts of equity, but its origins go back to Roman law and the equitable remedy of the interdict. Today it is an equitable remedy in the form of a court order compelling a party to do or refrain from doing certain acts.
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