Wiktionary
n. (context legal English) A restraining order which expires at a specify point in time, in particular a restraining order issued prior to an ''inter partes'' hearing.
Usage examples of "temporary restraining order".
ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE WHY PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION SHOULD NOT ISSUE AND TEMPORARY RESTRAINING ORDER MADE.
The thing was titled: ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE WHY PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION SHOULD NOT ISSUE AND TEMPORARY RESTRAINING ORDER MADE.
I have Legal on their way to court already for a temporary restraining order, but they're ready for us, and they'll make us argue it out.
The lawsuit also included a petition for a temporary restraining order to prevent Trudy from moving assets now that she was no longer a widow.
This court granted your prayer for a temporary restraining order, and now you ask that it be made permanent.
She'd gotten her warrant, and Child Services had immediately trumped it with a temporary restraining order.