super-injunction

noun

A legal injunction which also prohibits any mention of its existence to the media or public.

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Meanings

nounsuper-injunction (plural super-injunctions)

plural super-injunctions · alternative super injunction · alternative superinjunction

  1. UKA legal injunction which also prohibits any mention of its existence to the media or public.

    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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    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

Origin

From super- + injunction.

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APA

super-injunction. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/super-injunction

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“super-injunction.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/super-injunction. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

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