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pajama injunction

pajama injunction is the alternative form of pyjama injunction.

Meaning of pyjama injunction

Noun

pyjama injunction (plural pyjama injunctions)

  1. (England, Wales, informal) An injunction that was granted (typically at night) with expediency outside a court's office hours.
    • They're called pyjama injunctions because, according to folklore, they're granted by High Court judges who, due to the lateness of the hour, are already in kipping gear.2000 July 3, Marcel Berlins, “Beware judges in pyjamas”, in The Guardian

Forms of pajama injunction

pluralpajama injunctions

Questions about pajama injunction

What is pajama injunction the alternative form of?
Pajama injunction is the alternative form of pyjama injunction.

Words near pajama injunction in the dictionary

  1. pajama
  2. pajama cardinalfish
  3. pajama cardinalfishes
  4. pajama day
  5. pajama days
  6. pajama injunction
  7. pajama injunctions
  8. pajama parties
  9. pajama party
  10. pajamaed
  11. pajamafied

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