Cease and desist English

Meaning Cease and desist meaning

What does Cease and desist mean?

cease and desist verb

— stop and not resume an action

cease and desist noun

— (legal, mostly, attributive) A demanding that one cease and desist from continuing certain behavior, such as copyright infringement, trademark infringement, slander, or libel.

Topics Cease and desist topics

What do people use Cease and desist to talk about?

States Time Aspectual time Start something

Stop something

• What do people say when they want someone to stop?
  Halt! Stay! Cease and desist! Belay that order! Avast!