cease and desist

Etymology
From, and.

Verb

 * 1)  To stop and not resume an action.

Translations

 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 結束和停止
 * Dutch: houd op en doe van afstand
 * Finnish:
 * French: cessez et renoncez
 * German: hören Sie auf und verzichten Sie
 * Greek: πάψτε και σταματήστε
 * Japanese: 停止及び再発阻止
 * Korean: 지-하고 단념-하십시요
 * Latin: desine et desiste, desinete et desistete
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian: прекрати́те и воздержи́тесь
 * Spanish: cese y renuncie
 * Swedish:

Noun

 * 1)  A demand that one stop and not resume continuing a certain behavior, such as copyright infringement, trademark infringement, slander, or libel.
 * a cease-and-desist letter; a cease-and-desist order