The phrase "applying for an injunction" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in legal contexts when someone is seeking a court order to prohibit or compel certain actions.
Example: "The plaintiff is applying for an injunction to prevent the defendant from continuing the construction work."
Alternatives: "seeking an injunction" or "requesting an injunction".
He is suing for damages and applying for an injunction against the paper.
"If the election continues, we may have no alternative but to consider applying for an injunction to prevent the board acting in contravention of its rules – a sad day for all co-operators".
He said that a lack of funds prevented him from obtaining an injunction against the book's publication last week "because I as the claimant must give a cross undertaking for damages when applying for an injunction.
"There has never been any question of Trafigura applying for an injunction that had as its purpose the prevention of publication of any matter arising in Parliament," they said in a statement last night.
Cllr Nigel Murphy Manchester City Council's executive member for neighbourhoods, said: "We have served a notice on both camps, but the protestors are still camped out so we are applying for an injunction which will stop them setting up further camps within the city centre.
"I wrote to GMP asking them to return the magazines and advising them that if the magazines were not returned, Red Issue would consider applying for an injunction to compel their return as well as reserving Red Issue's right to claim damages in respect of any losses it may suffer as a result of the seizure.
The Government thought 50 people would apply for an injunction in the first year.
One of our lawyers was dispatched to apply for an injunction.
He was still in shock when he instructed lawyers to apply for an injunction, but that wasn't why he told them a lie.
She has applied for an injunction against the inquiry, and Justice Cliff Hoeben is set to hand down his decision on Friday afternoon.
On Monday, the Transit Workers Union said it had applied for an injunction to stop the NYPD from forcing bus drivers to carry arrested OWS demonstrators.
