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super-injunction en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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Etymology

From super- + injunction.

Meanings

1. (UK) A legal injunction which also prohibits any mention of its existence to the media or public.
   • Miss Perroncel was at the centre of a legal row in January when former England captain John Terry took out a super-injunction – a court order so secret that no one was supposed even to mention its existence – to stop any publication of allegations that he had had an affair with her. 23 August 2010, Steve Doughty, The Daily Mail:
   • BBC presenter Andrew Marr said on Tuesday he had taken out a superinjunction to protect his family's privacy. 26 April 2011, John Plunkett, The Guardian:

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Relateds

hyper-injunction