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  2. Restraining order - Wikipedia

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    A restraining order issued by the Justice Court of Las Vegas. A restraining order or protective order [a] is an order used by a court to protect a person in a situation often involving alleged domestic violence, child abuse and neglect, assault, harassment, stalking, or sexual assault.

  3. Restraint order - Wikipedia

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    The legal basis for restraint orders in England & Wales currently is sections 40 - 47 [1] of the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002. In England & Wales a restraint order under PoCA 2002 would be made in the Crown Court. Restraint orders in other parts of the UK are based on other sections of PoCA 2002 and made in the appropriate court in each jurisdiction.

  4. Domestic Abuse Restraining Order - Wikipedia

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    Restraining order successfully petitioned by a woman named Angela against her abuser under Wisconsin's domestic abuse laws. A Domestic Abuse Restraining Order (DARO) is a form of restraining order or order of protection used under the domestic abuse laws of the state of Wisconsin, [1] [2] USA, and enforceable throughout the US under invocation of the Full Faith and Credit Clause in the ...

  5. Straitjacket - Wikipedia

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    The attendants were often ill-trained to work with the mentally ill and resorted to restraints to maintain order and calm. In fact, during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, some prisons even used straitjackets to punish or torture inmates.

  6. Violence Against Women Act - Wikipedia

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    Although the order may be granted only in a specific state, full faith and credit requires that it be enforced in other states as though the order was granted in their states.18 U.S.C. § 2265 [53] Part of the law's restraining orders included the ability to enforce domestic violence protection orders which barred people subject to family ...

  7. FOID, red flags and restraining orders: How IL state laws ...

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    The Highland Park shooter was able to buy an assault weapon and secure a FOID card despite previous police run-ins.

  8. Restraining order against Frankie Valli's eldest son OK'd ...

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    An L.A. County judge orders Frankie Valli's eldest son, Francesco, to stay away from the Four Seasons singer and brother Emilio for the next three years. Restraining order against Frankie Valli's ...

  9. Pillory - Wikipedia

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    The 17th-century perjurer Titus Oates in a pillory. The pillory is a device made of a wooden or metal framework erected on a post, with holes for securing the head and hands, used during the medieval and renaissance periods for punishment by public humiliation and often further physical abuse. [1]