cease and desist vs desist

cease and desist

verb
  • To stop and not resume an action. 

noun
  • A demand that one stop and not resume continuing a certain behavior, such as copyright infringement, trademark infringement, slander, or libel. 

desist

verb
  • To cease to proceed or act; to stop (often with from). 

How often have the words cease and desist and desist occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )