What does "enjoinment" mean?

A command; an authoritative admonition.

Enjoinment

Common synonyms include: injunction, cease and desist order, command, court order, directive, enjoining.

noun

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Noun

1
A command; an authoritative admonition. obsolete
"Herein exact and critical trial should be made by public enjoinment, whereby determination might be settled beyond debate"
2
(law) a judicial remedy issued in order to prohibit a party from doing or continuing to do a certain activity wordnet

"Herein exact and critical trial should be made by public enjoinment, whereby determination might be settled beyond debate"

From enjoin + -ment.