Dictionary

restraining order en · NOUN

Meanings

1. An order issued by a court of law or other legal authority for a specified timeframe forbidding the restrained party from contacting and being in close proximity to the protected party and other restrictions, usually banning the possession of arms.
   • 2007, Steven Wilson, "Normal", Porcupine Tree, Nil Recurring. Prescription drugs, they help me through the day / And that restraining order keeps me well at bay / And what's normal now, anyway?
2. An order by a judge or other legal authority that prevents an action by a government or institution.
   • On February 13, 1974, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York issued a temporary restraining order against the council to prevent it from enforcing a January 28, 1974, temporary rollback order for Nassau County police salaries. On February 16, 1974, the court issued another temporary restraining order preventing the Council from conducting further proceedings, including a hearing. 1974, Economic Stabilization Program Quarterly Report Covering the Period January 1, 1974 Through May 1, 1974, U.S. Cost of Living Council, page 87:
   • Kunsman reports that he was placed in a segregation cell when he subsequently filed an Administrative Remedy Form with warden R. A. Gunnell and that he has been scheduled for a disciplinary transfer. Requests have been made to the U.S. District Court for a restraining order to have Kunsman released from segregation and to prevent the transfer. 1981 August 22, “Unwelcome Advances”, in Gay Community News, volume 9, number 6, page 2:

Forms

Deriveds

temporary restraining order

Relateds

peace bond

Translations (23)

fi lähestymiskielto (order forbidding contacting and close proximity to the protected party) · cmn 限制令 (order forbidding contacting and close proximity to the protected party) · nl gebiedsverbod (order forbidding contacting and close proximity to the protected party) · ja 接近禁止命令 (order forbidding contacting and close proximity to the protected party) · de Distanzgebot (order forbidding contacting and close proximity to the protected party) · nl contactverbod (order forbidding contacting and close proximity to the protected party) · es orden de alejamiento (order forbidding contacting and close proximity to the protected party) · de Kontaktverbot (order forbidding contacting and close proximity to the protected party) · fr ordonnance restrictive (order forbidding contacting and close proximity to the protected party) · cs soudní zákaz (order forbidding contacting and close proximity to the protected party) · de Gewaltschutzverfügung (order forbidding contacting and close proximity to the protected party) · is nálgunarbann (order forbidding contacting and close proximity to the protected party) · ru запрети́тельный суде́бный прика́з (order forbidding contacting and close proximity to the protected party) · bg ограничителна заповед (order forbidding contacting and close proximity to the protected party) · hu távoltartás (order forbidding contacting and close proximity to the protected party) · sv kontaktförbud (order forbidding contacting and close proximity to the protected party) · ru суде́бный запре́т (order forbidding contacting and close proximity to the protected party) · ka შემაკავებელი ორდერი (order forbidding contacting and close proximity to the protected party) · et lähenemiskeeld (order forbidding contacting and close proximity to the protected party) · fr interdiction de contact (order forbidding contacting and close proximity to the protected party) · cmn 禁止令 (order forbidding contacting and close proximity to the protected party) · hu távoltartási végzés (order forbidding contacting and close proximity to the protected party) · sv besöksförbud (order forbidding contacting and close proximity to the protected party)