RESTRAINING STATUTE

A statute which restrains the common law, where it is too lax and luxuriant 1 Bl. Comm. 87. Statutes restraining the powers of corperations in regard to leases have been so called in England. 2 BL Comm. 319, 320. … [Read more...] about RESTRAINING STATUTE

A term used in equity. When the donor of a power, who is the owner of the estate, imposes certain restrictions by the terms of the powers, these restrictions are called restraining powers. … [Read more...] about RESTRAINING POWERS

A court order that directs a person not to do something, for example, spousal abuse and stalking cases where a person is directed not be within 150 feet of another person he has threatened through a restraining order. An order in the nature of an Injunction. See ORDER. … [Read more...] about RESTRAINING ORDER

Narrowing down, making less extensive; as, a restraining statute, by which the common law is narrowed down or made less extensive in its operation. … [Read more...] about RESTRAINING

To limit, confine, abridge, narrow down, or restrict. To prohibit from action; to put compulsion upon; to restrict; to hold or press back. To enjoin, (in equity.) … [Read more...] about RESTRAIN