restraining

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Restraining order cases scheduled for Monday are being transferred to the Metropolitan Courthouse at 1045 S. Hill St. All other proceedings at the courthouses closed on Monday will be rescheduled, officials said.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 2, 2025

Restraining orders are aimed at individuals on a case-by-case basis, he writes, while the 19th-century laws were directed at whole classifications of people with the purported goal of preserving "political and social order."

From Salon • Feb. 7, 2023

Restraining orders can disqualify a person from owning guns in California.

From New York Times • Jan. 29, 2023

Restraining orders can be applied for by anyone who is being harassed by another person.

From Encyclopedia.com • Jun. 6, 2018

Restraining himself with an effort, he said, not without a tremor in his voice: "And have you searched for any other will?"

From The Galaxy, Volume 23, No. 2, February, 1877 by Various