Unterlassungsklage
injunction suit; action for a cease-and-desist order
noun un-ter-LAS-sungs-klah-ge Rare
Usage Note
Unterlassungsklage is a civil action demanding that a party stop a specific ongoing or threatened unlawful act. It is common in competition law, defamation cases, and privacy disputes.
Examples
"Der Verlag verlor die Unterlassungsklage und darf den Artikel nicht mehr veröffentlichen."
Natural Translation
The publisher lost the injunction suit and may no longer publish the article.
Literal Translation
The publisher lost the injunction-suit and may the article no-longer publish.
Related Words
- Abmahnschreiben formal warning letter (demanding cessation of unlawful conduct)
- Abschiebung deportation
- Akteneinsicht access to files
- Amtsgericht local court
- Amtspflicht official duty; duty of care owed by a public official
- Anfechtungsklage action for annulment
- Angeklagte defendant
- Anhörung hearing; right to be heard (before a decision is made)
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