What is an injunction?
An injunction is ordered by a court and bans a person or persons from a specific behavior. For example, the most common type of injunction is a restraining order. This prohibits a person who has either posed a physical or emotional threat to another from having any contact with that person. Additionally the injunction may include actual measurements of how close a threatening person may come toward the person threatened. Violation of an injunction of this type may mean immediate arrest. Often a restraining order injunction is temporary at first. Many last for little more than a week. To continue the restraining order, those requesting the order must go to court and prove that the order should stand on a more permanent basis. If the person requesting the order cannot prove the need for its continuance, the injunction will last for only the short time specified by the judge. This is sadly often the case with an injunction restraining order issued against an abusive spouse. Abused spouses
An injunction is a court order that specifically orders an individual to halt a specific practice that he or she is undertaking. Injunctions are used in a variety of ways to prevent the construction of buildings, printing of newspapers articles, domestic violence cases, etc. An injunction is used to prevent some injustice that might occur if the specific act is continued. What Can Occur by Not Following An Injunction? Court orders have the full force of law and should always be obeyed. Therefore, when a judge issues an injunction to halt a specific practice it should be complied with immediately. The failure to follow an injunction order will lead to a contempt of court. There are many possible consequences of a contempt of court. These include the following: • Jail time • Community service • Large fines How Can I Obtain an Injunction? Individuals that wish to obtain injunctions can proceed to any courthouse and request that a particular practice be immediately stopped. A judge will li
An injunction is an order of the court to do or refrain from doing something. Disobedience to such an order may be punished with a fine, imprisonment or other sanction. Orders to do something such as deliver up allegedly infringing goods by a specified date are called “mandatory injunctions” and orders to refrain from doing something such as “not to infringe the claimant’s copyright” or “not to make, sell or otherwise dispose” of a specified article as “prohibitory injunctions”.
Also commonly called a restraining order, or an order for protection, an injunction for protection against domestic violence or repeat violence is an order signed by a judge that prohibits the offender from certain acts or prohibiting the offender from being in or going to certain places. Who qualifies for an injunction? Anyone may file a petition for an injunction against domestic violence with the Clerk of the Court in his or her county, provided that: • The person filing for the injunction and the person who the injunction would be against are spouses, former spouses, people related by blood or marriage, people who are presently residing together as if a family or have resided together in the past as if a family, or people who share a child in common whether or not they were ever married or lived together. • The person filing the petition is/was a victim of, or has reasonable cause to believe that she/he may become the victim of assault, aggravated assault, battery, aggravated batte
