Temporary restraining order

Temporary restraining order (TRO): Prohibits a person from an action that is likely to cause irreparable harm. This differs from an injunction in that it may be granted immediately, without notice to the opposing party, and without a hearing.

Temporary Restraining Order
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Temporary Restraining Order: An order of the court prohibiting a party from acting - for example, threatening, harassing, or physically abusing the other spouse and/or the children; selling personal property; taking money out of accounts; ...

Temporary Restraining Order
A court order banning certain actions. In Family Law, it is often used in cases of domestic violence. The order forbids one person from harassing, harming, or even contacting another person.

temporary restraining order (TRO) - A legal order issued by a judge on behalf of a person who has claimed to have been harassed or injured by another person.

Temporary restraining order - An emergency remedy of brief duration issued by a court only in exceptional circumstances, usually when immediate or irreparable damages or loss might result before the opposition could take action.

temporary restraining order - See preliminary injunction.
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Temporary restraining order
A judge's order forbidding certain actions until a full hearing can be held. Usually of short duration. Often referred to as a TRO.
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temporary restraining order: A court order, sometimes called a "TRO," that says a person must not do certain things that are likely to cause harm that can't be fixed.

temporary restraining order (TRO) See injunction.
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temporary restraining order (TRO)
An order that tells one person to stop harassing or harming another, issued after the aggrieved party appears before a judge.

temporary restraining order - an order of a specified duration issued after a hearing attended by all parties that is intended to protect one individual from violence, abuse, harassment, or stalking by another esp.

A temporary injunction differs from a "temporary restraining order" which is a short-term, stop-gap injunction issued pending a hearing, at which time a temporary injunction may be ordered to be in force until trial.

A number of states have developed pre-printed court forms for use in court proceedings involving such matters as divorces, guardianships and temporary restraining orders.

813 (D. Del. 1996), the district court issued a temporary restraining order blocking the enforcement of section 561.

T.R.O.
n. legal slang for temporary restraining order.
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Temporary restraining orders may be issued, ex parte, pending an application for a temporary injunction. In the state courts temporary injunctions are often issued, ex parte, subject to the defendant's right to move immediately for their dissolution.

n. Slang for the legal term "temporary restraining order."
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preliminary injunctionIn civil cases when it is necessary to preserve the status quo prior to trial, the court may issue a preliminary injunction or temporary restraining order ordering, a party to carry out a specified activity.

Permanent injunction - A court order requiring that some action be taken, or that some party refrain from taking action. It differs from forms of temporary relief, such as a temporary restraining order or preliminary injunction.

Preinjunction: Court order requiring action or forbidding action until a decision can be made whether to issue a permanent injunction. It differs from a temporary restraining order.

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