A Mareva injunction is a type of court order used in England and the United Kingdom. It is a type of interlocutory relief designed to freeze the assets of a defendant, in appropriate circumstances, pe [..]

An injunction issued by the courts of the United Kingdom and other British Commonwealth countries, on the motion of a plaintiff at the beginning of or during a suit, enjoining the defendant from removing from the jurisdiction, and/or from dealing with, specified assets (real or personal, moveable or immoveable), in cases where it appears to the cou [..]

(legal,British|Canadian) A court order which freezes assets so that a defendant to an action cannot dissipate their assets from beyond the jurisdiction of the court.