How to Use cease and desist order in a Sentence

cease and desist order

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  • Fifteen other people caught in the raid were served with cease and desist orders.
    — Greg Norman, Fox News, 16 Apr. 2018
  • One day, sitting in his office, Sallee received a cease and desist order from IMS.
    — Dana Hunsinger Benbow, Indianapolis Star, 1 Feb. 2020
  • Last week, the state issued a cease and desist order against Price, outlining his actions in the seven-page order.
    — Mark Davis, kansascity, 18 Oct. 2017
  • Tre Siggers issued a cease and desist order to his former teammates at North Texas.
    — Joseph Hoyt, Dallas News, 10 Sep. 2021
  • The cease and desist order was his only legal remedy, under the law, to stop the harassment against him.
    — latimes.com, 22 May 2018
  • And that resistance is starting to add up — cease and desist orders, city-wide bans, and a torrent of criticism.
    — Alex Orlando, The Verge, 17 Aug. 2018
  • On Wednesday night, Trump’s lawyers sent Bannon a cease and desist order to attempt to prevent him from making any more comments about the Trumps.
    — Fortune, 5 Jan. 2018
  • Auerfarm, the Bloomfield farm where the festival was slated to be held, was served with a cease and desist order from the town’s Department of Planning and Zoning.
    — Christopher Arnott, courant.com, 2 July 2021
  • On July 21, Boulevard Fitness received a cease and desist order, but chose to remain open.
    — Brittany Meiling, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Aug. 2020
  • The companies under the cease and desist order will have to work with the City of Houston now to find solutions to the flooding problem, according to Martin.
    — Savannah Mehrtens, Houston Chronicle, 3 Oct. 2019
  • According to police, the business may face fines and other disciplinary action from the town beyond the cease and desist order.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 2 Nov. 2019
  • Police also issued cease and desist orders to more than a dozen businesses.
    — Jared Gilmour, sacbee, 13 Apr. 2018
  • Although a cease and desist order was issued, state agencies can't enforce those orders.
    — Jessica Boehm, The Arizona Republic, 26 Mar. 2021
  • On May 19, the state issued a cease and desist order prohibiting Bullseye from using eight different metals.
    — Jeff Manning, OregonLive.com, 12 Dec. 2017
  • With the application for the special use permit withdrawn, Brennan went on to remind Grand that the cease and desist order from the city, issued Jan. 21 when Grand’s use of his property was learned, remains in effect.
    — cleveland, 23 Mar. 2021
  • The Fed then filed a cease and desist order, laying out steps the bank needed to take to improve its security, while the Office of the Comptroller of Currency filed an $80 million civil penalty against the bank.
    — Moira Ritter, CNN, 30 June 2021
  • 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.
    — Cary Spivak, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 17 Jan. 2018
  • The Bureau, accordingly, asserts that, in addition to penalties, a cease and desist order should be entered.
    — Washington Post, 10 Oct. 2019
  • The Wednesday release did not reference the cease and desist order or conversion therapy.
    — Sharon Coolidge, The Enquirer, 11 Apr. 2019
  • Nickless blames her mortgage servicer, Ocwen, which is now allegedly facing a cease and desist order from the state of Michigan for violating mortgage laws.
    — Sarah Schreiber, Good Housekeeping, 31 May 2017
  • In July 2018, the state department of agriculture served SeaQuest with a cease and desist order for operating without a valid license.
    — Sam Tabachnik, The Denver Post, 2 Oct. 2019
  • Ohio State also banned the therapist from campus and locations where students live and served her a cease and desist order pertaining to future contact with students, coaches or staff.
    — Nathan Baird, cleveland, 13 May 2021
  • The distinction is important because the state's 2013 cease and desist order against Rezny limited his ability to sell securities.
    — Cary Spivak, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 15 Dec. 2017
  • In the third case, Kay A. Yang of Mequon agreed to repay investors nearly $17 million after she was issued a cease and desist order for working as an investment adviser and selling investments without a license.
    — Cary Spivak, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 11 Nov. 2020
  • In Texas, a salon owner was arrested earlier this month for ignoring cease and desist orders. Shelley Luther, who violated a stay-at-home order by keeping her Dallas-area salon open, was sentenced to jail time.
    — Caitlin O'Kane, CBS News, 15 May 2020
  • Any formal legal cease and desist order issued against the news media would be a prior restraint that is almost certainly unconstitutional.
    — Molly Beck, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 4 Feb. 2020
  • Karl Manke, 77, has kept his Owosso, Michigan, barbershop open since May 4, despite a license suspension, a cease and desist order, and a temporary restraining order from the state’s attorney general.
    — Andrew Mark Miller, Washington Examiner, 21 May 2020
  • The office of Michigan’s attorney general sent a cease and desist order threatening legal prosecution against an online news outfit for posting videos of alleged voter fraud.
    — Andrew Mark Miller, Washington Examiner, 12 Nov. 2020
  • The state sent cease and desist orders last month to more than 200 marijuana facilities that were operating without having submitted an application.
    — Kathleen Gray, Detroit Free Press, 19 Apr. 2018
  • An organization that provides food for individuals experiencing homelessness received a cease and desist order from the city of Santa Cruz.
    — Los Angeles Times, 1 Mar. 2022

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