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Definition
a legal order forbidding a party to do something
- We'll get a restraining order, we'll press charges.Twenty-seven (12% in)
- "You picked the wrong girl to try to scare, and if you keep this up, I'll call the police and get a restraining order.Twenty-six (81% in)
- He said they intend to file a temporary restraining order against me until the case gets sorted out.Twenty-eight (46% in)
- And the restraining order is just for show.Twenty-eight (68% in)
There are no more uses of "restraining order" in The Guardian.
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