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CIVIL PROCEDURE
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judgment in an action, or may be allowed as a provisional remedy; and when so allowed, it shall be by order. The writ of injunction is abolished.

A temporary injunction, when granted.Sect. 235. When it appears by the petition that the plaintiff is entitled to the relief demanded, and such relief, or any part thereof, consists in restraining the commission or continuance of some act, the commission or continuance of which, during the litigation, would produce great or irreparable injury to the plaintiff, or when, during litigation, it appears that the defendant is doing or threatens, or is about to do, or is procuring, or suffering to be done, some act in violation of plaintiff's rights, respecting the subject of action, and tending to render the judgment ineffectual, a temporary injunction may be granted to restrain such act. It may also be granted in any case where it is specially authorized by statute.

By whom and when.Sect. 236. The injunction may be granted at the time of commencing the action, or at any time afterwards, before judgment, by the supreme court or any judge thereof, the district court or any judge thereof, upon its appearing satisfactorily to the court or judge, by the affidavit of the plaintiff or his agent, that the plaintiff is entitled thereto.

Parties may be heard.Sect. 237. If the court or judge deem it proper that the defendant, or any party to the suit, should be heard before granting the injunction, it may direct a reasonable notice to be given to such party to attend for such purpose at a specified time and place, and may, in the mean time, restrain such party.

Not granted against party who answers.Sect. 238. An injunction shall not be granted against a party who has answered, unless upon notice; but such party may be restrained until the decision of the application for an injunction.

Not operative, unless undertaking is given.Sect. 239. No injunction, unless provided by special statute, shall operate until the party obtaining the same shall give an undertaking, executed by one or more sufficient sureties, to be approved by the clerk of the court granting such injunction, in an amount to be fixed by the court or judge allowing the same, to secure to the party enjoined the damages he may sustain, if it be finally decided that the injunction ought not to have been granted.

If "injunction allowed."Sect. 240. The order of injunction shall be addressed to