Definition of cease and desist order
: an order from an administrative agency to refrain from a method of competition or a labor practice found by the agency to be unfair
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Examples of cease and desist order in a Sentence
A cease and desist order was issued by the state.
Recent Examples of cease and desist order from the Web
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The state won't say how many business have gotten the fraudulent cease and desist orders or speculate on the motive behind the orders, said David Harns, spokesman for LARA.
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Fifteen other people caught in the raid were served with cease and desist orders.
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The Department of Public Health rescinded the cease and desist order on May 11, but the Georgetown facility remains closed until Healthy Pharms has met product-testing requirements.
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The Texas State Securities Board issued an emergency cease and desist order Tuesday against Wind Wide Coin, an online bitcoin trading platform, for alleged deception, fraud and operating without a license to sell securities.
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Authorities in California may have slapped a cease and desist order on Food for the Poor, but in Florida the Coconut Creek charity’s state overseer has found no foul play.
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Dahlman said Rezny also did not tell him about the cease and desist order — a claim repeatedly made by others who invested with Rezny — and that the mortgages for the properties that were to be purchased were not recorded.
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The state sent cease and desist orders last month to more than 200 marijuana facilities that were operating without having submitted an application.
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Another 15 people were given cease and desist orders.
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First Known Use of cease and desist order
1926
CEASE AND DESIST ORDER Defined for English Language Learners
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Definition of cease and desist order for English Language Learners
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law : an official order to stop doing something immediately
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