enjoined

• It appeared to them absurd to suppose this duty should be so expressly enjoined, and that they should nevertheless be prohibited from inquiring whether the boxes were or were not delivered by such officers; or that they should be restrained from ascertaining a fact, without the knowledge of which it was impossible that they could discharge the duty with certainty to the public or with confidence to themselves. —  Memoirs of Aaron Burr, Volume 1.
• You are pleased to tell me that you understand not why secrecy is enjoined, and yet I intend to set my name to it. —  Lives of the Poets: Addison, Savage, etc.
• Imagine that. order of February 17 in SEC v. Stanford Int'l Bank, Ltd., restrained and enjoined -- "except in this Court" -- the "commencement or continuation" of any "judicial, administrative, or other proceeding ... against any of the defendants" if it arises "from the subject matter of this civil action". —  Blawgletter®
• Great care was enjoined, and at eight o'clock every evening Captain S would come down, and order all lights out for the night. —  Wonderful Adventures of Mrs. Seacole in Many Lands
• He was therefore able to shape his course to a point half a mile in its rear The strictest silence had been enjoined, and the little body of sailors made their way inland, until they came upon a road running parallel with the shore. —  Held Fast For England A Tale of the Siege of Gibraltar (1779-83)

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