different between injunction vs invitation

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?n?d??nk.??n/
• Rhymes: -??k??n

Noun

injunction (plural injunctions)

1. The act of enjoining; the act of directing, commanding, or prohibiting.
2. That which is enjoined; such as an order, mandate, decree, command, precept
3. (law) A writ or process, granted by a court of equity, and, in some cases, under statutes, by a court of law, whereby a party is required to do or to refrain from doing certain acts, according to the exigency of the writ.

Usage notes

• The verb associated with this word is enjoin. Injunct is also sometimes used as a synonym.

Related terms

• super-injunction (noun)

Translations

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French invitation, from Latin invitatio.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?n.v??te?.??n/, /?n.v??te?.?n?/
• Rhymes: -e???n

Noun

invitation (countable and uncountable, plural invitations)

1. The act of inviting; solicitation; the requesting of a person's company.

   • At her invitation he outlined for her the succeeding chapters with terse military accuracy?; and what she liked best and best understood was avoidance of that false modesty which condescends, turning technicality into pabulum.

2. A document or verbal message conveying an invitation.

   We need to print off fifty invitations for the party.

3. Allurement; enticement.
4. (fencing) A line that is intentionally left open to encourage the opponent to attack.
5. (Christianity) The brief exhortation introducing the confession in the Anglican communion-office.
6. (bridge) This term needs a definition. Please help out and add a definition, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.
   • 2001, Matthew Granovetter, Pamela Granovetter, The Best of Bridge Today Digest (page 113)

     I assume also that opener would have shown no interest in slam by either bidding 4NT or 50 after the slam invitation of 46.

   • 2011, Gerard Cohen, Bridge Is a Conversation: Part I: the Auction (page 71)

     To any other invitation made by the captain, acceptance or refusal of the invitation is exclusively a question of points within the range advertised in the opening statement, and the invitation is always in the last called suit.

Synonyms

• (solicitation): invitement (obsolete)

Translations

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin invitatio, invitationem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??.vi.ta.sj??/

Noun

invitation f (plural invitations)

1. invitation

Related terms

• inviter

Further reading

• “invitation” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Interlingua

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /in.vi.ta?tsjon/

Noun

invitation (plural invitationes)

1. invitation