restraining order

noun

|Updated on: 12 Jun 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

Connecticut and Indiana were the first states to enact red-flag gun laws, also known as extreme-risk protection order laws or gun violence restraining order laws.

— jason hanna, CNN, "Laws that remove firearms from those considered a safety risk reduce gun-related suicides, study finds," 5 June 2018
Online court records show someone sought a domestic violence restraining order in 2016 against Chavez-Pina but then did not come to court.

— john diedrich, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, "Man in U.S. illegally stole $1 million from taxpayers. Now he's going to prison for 39 months.," 29 May 2018
People can find out who requested a gun violence restraining order against them, Ting’s spokeswoman said.

— Washington Post, "California may expand gun violence restraining order law," 23 May 2018
Legislators in California, which enacted a gun violence restraining order law in 2014, are moving to expand it so teachers, school administrators, and co-workers could ask a court to prohibit someone from having or buying a gun.

— joshua miller, BostonGlobe.com, "Gun control laws in Mass. are poised to become more strict," 23 May 2018
After Nixon’s White House got a restraining order halting the publication of the papers by the Times, the Post stepped up and started publishing them.

— david zurawik, baltimoresun.com, "The more Trump attacks, the more popular culture articulates, celebrates role of the press," 10 May 2018
Neither the suit nor the restraining order request included any details about the case.

— adam ferrise and eric heisig - cleveland.com, cleveland.com, "Cleveland police officers face discipline after Internal Affairs finds racist text messages," 25 Apr. 2018
Latzer said James' criminal history and a 2014 restraining order following a domestic abuse charge should be considered.

— USA TODAY, "Rapper Juelz Santana out on bail, said he's 'just gotta do the right thing'," 7 Apr. 2018
That concept enables family members, guardians or police to ask judges to use a new gun violence restraining order to temporarily strip gun rights from people who show warning signs of violence.

— andrew welsh-huggins, The Seattle Times, "Ohio’s governor signs order to tighten gun background checks," 23 Apr. 2018

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First Known Use of restraining order

1780

in the meaning defined at sense 1

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