Enjoin

To command; to require; as, private individuals are not only permitted, but enjoined, by law, to arrest an offender when present at the time a felony is committed, or a dangerous wound given, on pain of fine and imprisonment if the wrongdoer escape through their negligence.

1 Hale, P. C. 587; 1 East, P. C. 298, 304; Hawk. P. Ci bk. 2, c. 12, § 13; Ryan & M. 93.

To command or order a defendant in equity to do or not to do a particular thing by writ of injunction.

See Injunction.