(legal) To stop and not resume an action.
We are told to cease and desist or we will cease to exist.
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(legal, mostly, attributive) A written demand that a party stops and does not resume a certain behavior, such as copyright infringement, slander, or libel, threatening legal action if the recipient fails to do so.
She received a cease-and-desist from his solicitors soon after the podcast.
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(US, legal, mostly, attributive) An order by a government agency, sanctioned by a court, that one must stop and not resume a certain (usually illegal) behavior.
His remarks did not stop the courts from issuing the cease-and-desist order.
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