What is the meaning of enjoining?

noun

• Law) a judicial remedy issued in order to prohibit a party from doing or continuing to do a certain activity. (
  • usage: "injunction were formerly obtained by writ but now by a judicial order"
  • synonyms: injunction, enjoinment, cease and desist order

verb

• Issue an injunction.
  • synonyms: enjoin
• Give instructions to or direct somebody to do something with authority.
  • usage: "I said to him to go home"; "She ordered him to do the shopping"; "The mother told the child to get dressed"
  • synonyms: order, tell, enjoin, say