cease and desist vs seize up

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. 

seize up

verb
  • To stop functioning; to come to a halt. 

  • To stiffen or become tight and difficult to move. 

  • To stop working suddenly, and become impossible to start again. 

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