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Definition of Enjoins
1. enjoin [v] - See also: enjoin
Lexicographical Neighbors of Enjoins
Literary usage of Enjoins
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Critical and Exegetical Commentary on the Book of Proverbs by Crawford Howell Toy (1899)
"The proverb condemns thoughtless, passionate resentment, and enjoins ... or to
the non-resistance described in Mt. s38^2 ; it simply enjoins calmness. ..."
2. South Eastern Reporter by West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, West Publishing Company, South Carolina Supreme Court (1911)
"The decree appealed from, general In form and without indication as to its legal
basis, Is for the plaintiff, and perpetually enjoins the defendant from the ..."
3. The English Works of Thomas Hobbes of Malmesbury by Thomas ( Hobbes (1841)
"if he understand a just law, and a free rational NO. xvn. will, (b) But supposing,
as he doth, that the law ' • enjoins things impossible m themselves to be ..."
4. Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Supreme Court of Judicature by William Johnson (1864)
"But if subordinate public agent* refuse to act, or to entertain the question for
their discretion, in cases where the law enjoins upon them to do the act ..."
5. The History of the Reign of the Emperor Charles V.: With a View of the by William Robertson (1809)
"... or to practise the duties which it enjoins. Even the most unthinking were
shocked at the scandalous behaviour of ..."
6. United States Supreme Court Reports by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court (1887)
"States Court enjoins parties from commencing suits in a state court. The suit
must have been actually commenced in the state court in order to bring section ..."
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