CEASE-AND-DESIST ORDER


Meaning of CEASE-AND-DESIST ORDER in English

/sees"euhn di zist", -sist"/

an order by a government agency to a person or corporation to terminate a business practice found by the agency to be illegal or unfair.

[ 1925-30 ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .