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{{Short description|Legal order to stop specific acts}} {{For|protection orders (family law and harassment)|Protection order}} {{Use dmy dates|date=February 2021}} {{Equitable doctrines}} An '''injunction''' is an [[equitable remedy]]{{efn|An injunction is sometimes also available as a [[legal remedy]], known as a "legal injunction" or "injunction at law." In that case, injunctive relief would have been extended to law either by statute or through common-law courts borrowing from [[Equity (law)|equity]].}} in the form of a special [[court order]] compelling a [[party (law)|party]] to do or refrain from doing certain acts.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Sharpe |first1=Robert J. |title=Injunctions and specific performance |date=2017 |publisher=Thomson Reuters Canada Limited |location=Canada |isbn=9780779884001}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |last1=Perell |first1=Paul |title=The Interlocutory Injunction and Irreparable Harm |journal=Canadian Bar Review |date=1989 |volume=68 |page=538}}</ref> It was developed by the English [[Court of equity|courts of equity]] but its origins go back to [[Roman law]] and the equitable remedy of the "interdict".<ref>{{Cite web |last=Titi |first=Catharine |author-link=Catharine Titi |date=2021 |title=The Function of Equity in International Law |url=https://global.oup.com/academic/product/the-function-of-equity-in-international-law-9780198868002?cc=fr&lang=en& |access-date= |website= |publisher=OUP |page=22}}</ref> "When a [[court]] employs the extraordinary remedy of injunction, it directs the conduct of a party, and does so with the backing of its [[plenary power|full coercive powers]]."<ref name="Nken v. Holder">''[[List of United States Supreme Court cases, volume 556|Nken v. Holder]]'', [https://www.ravellaw.com/opinions/6d10b3cbce8df3130f9e6fb4ebd02d2f 556 U.S. 418] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181123065633/https://www.ravellaw.com/opinions/6d10b3cbce8df3130f9e6fb4ebd02d2f |date=23 November 2018 }}, 428 (2009) (citation and internal quotation marks omitted).</ref> A party that fails to comply with an injunction faces criminal or [[civil penalty|civil penalties]], including possible [[money|monetary]] sanctions and even [[imprisonment]]. They can also be charged with [[contempt of court]].
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