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What is a Cease & Desist?

asked by darkside 8 months ago

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Kailey86 says

To Cease and Desist is a term used to protray that something nolong exists.

In Black's Law Dictionary 8th Edition, the following are the legal descriptions for the following terms:

cease-and-desist letter: a cautonairy letter send to a wrongdoer.

cease-and-desist order: a court's or agency's order prohibiting a person from continuing a particular course of conduct.

Basically, to cease and desist means to stop.

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shirleybill says

That is a term that is most often referred to, when someone dies.

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