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A restraining order which expires at a specified point in time.Syn: TRO
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temporary restraining order — see order 3b Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996. temporary restraining order … Law dictionary
temporary restraining order — A restraining order which in terms indicates or contemplates that a further hearing on the application is to be had before the application is finally acted on. State v Baker, 62 Neb 840, 847, 88 NW 124. See restraining order … Ballentine's law dictionary
restraining order — see order 3b Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996. restraining order … Law dictionary
restraining order — I. noun : a preliminary legal order sometimes issued to keep a situation unchanged pending decision upon an application for an injunction II. noun : a legal order issued against an individual to restrict or prohibit access or proximity to another … Useful english dictionary
Restraining order — A restraining order or order of protection is a form of legal injunction that requires a party to do, or to refrain from doing, certain acts. A party that refuses to comply with an order faces criminal or civil penalties and may have to pay… … Wikipedia
Restraining order abuse — In the 1990s, increasing political attention to the problem of domestic violence against women resulted in many pieces of legislation designed primarily to protect women, such as the Violence Against Women Act.An unfortunate side effect of this… … Wikipedia
restraining order — n. (Law) court order instructing a person not to do something (such as make contact with another person, prohibiting or restraining access or proximity with another person, enter or come close to the family home, take a child from the country etc … English contemporary dictionary
restraining order — noun chiefly N. Amer. a temporary court order issued to prohibit an individual from carrying out a particular action, especially approaching or contacting a specified person … English new terms dictionary
Civil Harassment Restraining Order — A Civil Harassment Restraining Order (CHO) is a form of restraining order or order of protection used in the state of California. It is a legal intervention in which a person who is deemed to be harassing, threatening or stalking another person… … Wikipedia
restraining order — Broadly, any injunction other than a mandatory injunction, In common legal usage, an order granted without notice to the adverse party, intended only as a restraint on him until the propriety of gr anting a temporary injunction can be determined … Ballentine's law dictionary
