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Noun: cease and desist order
  1. (law) a judicial remedy issued in order to prohibit a party from doing or continuing to do a certain activity
    - injunction, enjoining, enjoinment

Derived forms: cease and desist orders

Type of: ban, prohibition, proscription

Encyclopedia: Cease and desist order