Stalking - Law Dictionary Search Results
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stalking : the act or crime of willfully and repeatedly following or harassing another person in circumstances that would cause a reasonable person to fear injury or death esp. because of express or implied threats ;broadly : a crime of engaging in a course of conduct directed at a person that serves no legitimate purpose and seriously alarms, annoys, or intimidates that person NOTE: Stalking is often considered to be aggravated when the conduct involved also violates a restraining order protecting the victim. ...
stalk
stalk : to subject to stalking vi : to engage in stalking stalk·er n ...
order
order 1 : a state of peace, freedom from unruly behavior, and respect for law and proper authority [maintain law and ] 2 : an established mode or state of procedure [a call to ] 3 a : a mandate from a superior authority see also executive order b : a ruling or command made by a competent administrative authority ;specif : one resulting from administrative adjudication and subject to judicial review and enforcement [an administrative may not be inconsistent with the Constitution "Wells v. State, 654 So. 2d 145 (1995)"] c : an authoritative command issued by the court [violated a court and was jailed for contempt] cease-and-de·sist order [sēs-ənd-di-zist-, -sist-] : an order from a court or quasi-judicial tribunal to stop engaging in a particular activity or practice (as an unfair labor practice) compare injunction, mandamus, stay consent order : an agreement of litigating parties that by consent takes the form of a court order final order : an order of a court...
Bractlet
A bract on the stalk of a single flower which is itself on a main stalk that support several flowers...
Podophthalmia
The stalk eyed Crustacea an order of Crustacea having the eyes supported on movable stalks It includes the crabs lobsters and prawns Called also Podophthalmata and Decapoda...
Sessile eyed
Having eyes which are not elevated on a stalk opposed to stalk eyed...
Lepadoid
A stalked barnacle of the genus Lepas or family Lepadidaelig a goose barnacle Also used adjectively...
Glean
To gather stalks or ears of grain left by reapers...
Haulm
The denuded stems or stalks of such crops as buckwheat and the cereal grains beans etc straw...
Haum
See Haulm stalk...
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