restraining order
noun
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
Examples of restraining order in a Sentence
The judge issued a restraining order.
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The new bill would allow victims to seek damages and restraining orders.
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Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 13 Jan. 2026
The chief noted her husband’s violent disputes with neighbors, resulting in police responses to the couple’s home, criminal charges, restraining orders against him, and his LTC being suspended.
—Rick Sobey, Boston Herald, 12 Jan. 2026
Placer family court records show Dupree’s former fiancee in December 2021 petitioned and received a domestic violence restraining order against the former police officer.
—Rosalio Ahumada, Sacbee.com, 5 Jan. 2026
But an extreme risk protection order, recognized in California as a gun violence restraining order, allowed law enforcement agents to intervene before disaster.
—Natalie Eilbert, jsonline.com, 15 Dec. 2025
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Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 13 Jan. 2026
The chief noted her husband’s violent disputes with neighbors, resulting in police responses to the couple’s home, criminal charges, restraining orders against him, and his LTC being suspended.
—Rick Sobey, Boston Herald, 12 Jan. 2026
Placer family court records show Dupree’s former fiancee in December 2021 petitioned and received a domestic violence restraining order against the former police officer.
—Rosalio Ahumada, Sacbee.com, 5 Jan. 2026
But an extreme risk protection order, recognized in California as a gun violence restraining order, allowed law enforcement agents to intervene before disaster.
—Natalie Eilbert, jsonline.com, 15 Dec. 2025
See All Example Sentences for restraining order
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“Restraining order.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/restraining%20order. Accessed 18 Jan. 2026.
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