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A TRO; an order of the court which temporarily restricts a person from being within a certain distance from another person and may also prohibit other actions so as to ensure the safety of the person taking out the protective order. It is a common device used for protection involving domestic violence issues and is designed to prevent further mental, physical, verbal or other … [Read more...] about TEMPORARY RESTRAINING ORDER

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A violent or furious storm; a current of wind rushing with extreme violence, and usually accompanied with rain or snow. See Stover v. Insurance Co., 3 Phila. (Pa.) 39; Thistle v. Union Forwarding Co, 29 U. C. C. P. 84. … [Read more...] about TEMPEST

A religious order of knighthood, Instituted about the year 1119, and so called because the members dwelt in a part of the temple of Jerusalem, and not far from the sepulcher of our Lord. They entertained Christian strangers and pilgrims charitably, and their profession was at first to defend travelers from highwaymen and robbers. The order was suppressed A. D. 1307, and their … [Read more...] about TEMPLARS

Two English inns of court thus called because anciently the dwelling place of the Knights Templar. On the suppression of the order, they were purchased by some professors of the common law, and converted into hospitia or inns of court They are called the "Inner" and "Middle Temple," in relation to Essex House, which was also a part of the house of the Templars, and called the … [Read more...] about TEMPLE