Restraining Order - Law Dictionary Search Results
strike
from a legal document and esp. from the record of a trial [it struck that part of [the] injunction "National Law Journal"] 2 : to remove (a prospective juror) from a venire 3 : to engage in … struck also: strick·en strik·ing vi 1 : to remove or delete something 2 : to stop work in order to force an employer to comply with demands vt 1 : to remove or delete from a legal
remedy
to prevent or obtain redress for a wrong : the relief (as damages, restitution, specific performance, or an injunction) that may be given or ordered by a court or other tribunal for a wrong [if the contract … a wrong : the relief (as damages, restitution, specific performance, or an injunction) that may be given or ordered by a court or other tribunal for a wrong [if the contract is null and void, the is
case
of the test case as binding. 2 : a proceeding usually in the form of a suit for injunction brought to obtain a decision as to the constitutionality of a statute b : the reported facts, procedural … often some of the same parties NOTE: A test case is selected from a number of cases in order to avoid a flood of litigation. All of the parties to the cases must agree to accept the
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direct appeal
1 : an appeal from an order of a three-judge court granting or denying an interlocutory or permanent injunction that may be taken directly to the U.S. Supreme Court under title 28 section 1253 of the U.S.
dissolution
the directors and with approval of a certain percentage of the shareholders d : the termination of an injunction or stay by court order e : the termination of a marriage by divorce
domestic violence
domestic violence : violence committed by one family or household member against another see also restraining order at order
enjoin
attach, impose, from in- on + jungere to join] : to prohibit by judicial order : issue an injunction against [a three-judge district court had ed the plans "W. J. Brennan, Jr."] en·join·able adj
performance
remedy for alleged breach of employment contract "Chady v. Solomon Schechter Day Schs., 645 N.E.2d 983 (1995)"] compare injunction substantial performance 1 : performance of the essential terms of a contract, promise, or obligation [a contractor is … an equitable remedy that requires a party to fulfill the exact terms of a contract, promise, obligation, or decree mandating a remedy and that is used when legal remedies (as damages) are inadequate [the common law prohibition
Photographs
plate or other original was ordered will be the first owner of the copyright; and such person can restrain the public sale of his photographic likeness, Pollard v. Photographic Co., (1888) 40 Ch D 345. The period … of the copyright therein, but where in the case of a photograph the plate or other original was ordered by some other person, and was made for valuable consideration in pursuance of that order, then, in the
check
check 1 : something that limits or restrains see also checks and balances 2 : a written order signed by its maker directing a bank to
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