Restraining order,
Definition of Restraining order:
A temporary court order issued to prohibit an individual from carrying out a particular action, especially approaching or contacting a specified person.
Type of injunction by which a court prohibits an individual from harassing, threatening, or even approaching, accosting, or contacting a specific individual.
Synonyms of Restraining order
Prohibition, Ban, Bar, Veto, Proscription, Interdiction, Embargo, Moratorium, Injunction, Restraining order
How to use Restraining order in a sentence?
- If an employee of a company is being harassed by a fellow co-worker, they have the right to obtain a restraining order against that person, and the company has an obligation to aid in compliance with said order.
- Until the farmers and the cowboys can be friends, this court issues restraining orders against the two parties.
- The restraining order did not seem to keep the husband away as he continued to drive by the home regularly.
- I had a restraining order placed on me by the girl because she thought I was a stalker, when in reality, I just liked her.
Meaning of Restraining order & Restraining order Definition