enjoin

verb

Etymology: From Middle English enjoinen, from Old French enjoindre (“to join with”), from Latin iniungo (“to attach”), a compound of in- (“into” “upon”) and iungo.

1. To lay upon, as an order or command; to give an injunction to; to direct with authority; to order; to charge.

   “I am enjoin'd by oath to observe three things:”

   “to confirm these days of Purim in their times appointed, according as Mordecai the Jew and Esther the queen had enjoined them […]”

2. To prescribe under authority; to ordain.

   “They [the Noahide laws] also enjoin the establishment of a just system of laws and courts.”

3. To prohibit or restrain by a judicial order or decree; to put an injunction on.

   “In 1983, BLM was enjoined by court order from using any herbicides in its Medford, Oregon District. Subsequent court action in 1984 enjoined BLM from the use of herbicides throughout Oregon and the U.S. Forest Service was similarly enjoined throughout Region 6 (Pacific Northwest).”

   “the judicial power of the United States had no power to enjoin the executive branch of the government from the execution of a constitutional duty or of a constitutional law”