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pyjama injunction

noun

Etymology

From urban legends stating that judges wore pyjamas when dealing with such injunctions due to lateness.

Definitions

  1. An injunction that was granted (typically at night) with expediency outside a court's…

    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.
    • When the claimants were informed that Hello! was about to publish the unauthorised photographs, they immediately sought a ‘pyjama injunction’ by telephone.
    • The measure — branded a "pyjama injunction" by critics as it can be issued outside normal court hours — was behind the grounding of the first flight to Rwanda in June 2022.

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