restraining order

noun

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

: 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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Smith’s media megaphone was prepared for its publication in the wee hours after lapsing of Judge Aileen Cannon’s temporary restraining order — that order being the reason that the second tome, Smith’s Mar-a-Lago (MAL) report, remains under wraps. —

Andrew C. McCarthy, National Review, 14 Jan. 2025 The dueling lawsuits that are reportedly in the process of being settled were filed in the period between the dual restraining order agreement and the arbitration ruling. —

Nina Corcoran, Pitchfork, 7 Jan. 2025 Pentz responded by filing his own restraining order petition on Dec. 8, 2020. —

Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 6 Jan. 2025 Meanwhile, Jabbar's second wife took out a restraining order against him in 2020 during divorce proceedings. —

Dan Perry, Newsweek, 2 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for restraining order

Word History

First Known Use

1780, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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The first known use of restraining order was in 1780

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“Restraining order.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/restraining%20order. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.

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