restraining order

noun

|Updated on: 7 Aug 2018

Examples: restraining order in a Sentence

Definition of restraining order

1 : a preliminary legal order sometimes issued to keep a situation unchanged pending decision upon an application for an injunction

2 : a legal order issued against an individual to restrict or prohibit access or proximity to another specified individual

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Examples of restraining order in a Sentence

The judge issued a restraining order.

Recent Examples of restraining order from the Web

Lallas returned and was granted an elder abuse restraining order against Morgan June 13.

— Washington Post, "Amid public triumph, private turmoil for Marvel’s Stan Lee," 30 June 2018
Lawsuit, restraining order And things could get heated.

— annysa johnson, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, "A Northwoods Wisconsin school board member started asking questions. Then things got ugly," 11 July 2018
Even measures requiring people with domestic-violence convictions or restraining orders against them to forfeit their firearms to law enforcement or a gun dealer were derailed.

— Philly.com, "With Pa. House, Senate gone, big issues remain unresolved," 4 July 2018
In the filings, attorneys alleged Chyna herself prevented the show from filming after obtaining a domestic violence restraining order against Rob in July.

— mike miller, PEOPLE.com, "Blac Chyna Says Kardashians Threatened to Leave E! Unless Network Dropped Rob & Chyna: Report," 25 May 2018
The process is similar to obtaining a domestic violence restraining order.

— melody gutierrez, San Francisco Chronicle, "California starts slow on seizing unstable people’s guns, but that could change," 10 May 2018
Here is how to obtain a gun violence restraining order.

— taryn luna, sacbee, "Teachers bearing arms a nonstarter for California voters, poll says | The Sacramento Bee," 1 May 2018
The former lovebirds now have his and hers restraining orders.

— carleton english, Fox News, "Bill Gross made disputed home with ex-wife stink like vomit, dead fish with foul-smelling sprays: lawsuit," 18 June 2018
Correctional officers also confiscated bagged meals and four hamburgers the men had traded other inmates for their bologna sandwiches, the plaintiffs' motion for the emergency restraining order said.

— alex demarban, Anchorage Daily News, "Judge orders state to serve adequate, pork-free meals to Alaska Muslim prisoners," 26 May 2018

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First Known Use of restraining order

1780

in the meaning defined at sense 1

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