divestiture -
an order to an offending party to rid itself of property; it has the purpose of depriving the defendant of the gains of wrongful behavior; "the court found divestiture to be necessary in preventing a monopoly"
court order a writ issued by a court of law requiring a person to do something or to refrain from doing something
jurisprudence,
law the branch of philosophy concerned with the law and the principles that lead courts to make the decisions they do
divestiture -
the sale by a company of a product line or a subsidiary or a division
sale a particular instance of selling; "he has just made his first sale"; "they had to complete the sale before the banks closed"
