restraining order

restraining order
restraining order see order 3b

Merriam-Webster’s Dictionary of Law. . 1996.

restraining order
index injunction

Burton's Legal Thesaurus. . 2006


restraining order
n.
An order issued with an application for an injunction preventing the defendant from doing a particular act until the court decides whether to issue the injunction.

The Essential Law Dictionary. — Sphinx Publishing, An imprint of Sourcebooks, Inc. . 2008.


restraining order
An order from a court directing one person not to do something, such as make contact with another person, enter the family home, or remove a child from the state. Restraining orders are often issued in cases in which spousal abuse, stalking, or other immediate harm is feared. A restraining order is always temporary and is also commonly referred to as a temporary restraining order or TRO.
Category: Criminal Law
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Nolo’s Plain-English Law Dictionary. . 2009.


restraining order
n. A temporary restraining order (T.R.O.); a restraining order is always temporary, because it is ordered without a hearing. This distinguishes it from an injunction.
A court order issued to prevent a family member or other party from harassing, threatening, harming, seizing the property of, and sometimes even approaching or having any kind of contact with another; a court order issued to temporarily prevent a transfer of property, pending a hearing.

Webster's New World Law Dictionary. . 2000.


restraining order
A command of the court issued upon the filing of an application for an injunction, prohibiting the defendant from performing a threatened act until a hearing on the application can be held.

Dictionary from West's Encyclopedia of American Law. 2005.


restraining order
A command of the court issued upon the filing of an application for an injunction, prohibiting the defendant from performing a threatened act until a hearing on the application can be held.

Short Dictionary of (mostly American) Legal Terms and Abbreviations.

restraining order
n.
   a temporary order of a court to keep conditions as they are (like not taking a child out of the county or not selling marital property) until there can be a hearing in which both parties are present. More properly it is called a temporary restraining order (shortened to TRO).

Law dictionary. . 2013.

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