Protection Order Law and Legal Definition
According to 18 USCS § 2266 (5), the term “protection order” includes:
“(A) any injunction, restraining order, or any other order issued by a civil or criminal court for the purpose of preventing violent or threatening acts or harassment against, sexual violence, or contact or communication with or physical proximity to, another person, including any temporary or final order issued by a civil or criminal court whether obtained by filing an independent action or as a pendente lite order in another proceeding so long as any civil or criminal order was issued in response to a complaint, petition, or motion filed by or on behalf of a person seeking protection; and
(B) any support, child custody or visitation provisions, orders, remedies or relief issued as part of a protection order, restraining order, or injunction pursuant to State, tribal, territorial, or local law authorizing the issuance of protection orders, restraining orders, or injunctions for the protection of victims of domestic violence, sexual assault, dating violence, or stalking.”
Legal Definition list
- Protection of Ingredients (Trademark)
- Protection of Horses
- Protection of Designs
- Protection of Colors (Trademark)
- Protection of Children Against Sexual Exploitation Act
- Protection Order
- Protection Zone [Consumer Product Safety Act Regulations]
- Protectionism
- Protective Advance [Agriculture]
- Protective Committee
- Protective Custody
Related Legal Terms
- Access Protection
- Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act
- Adequate Protection [Bankruptcy]
- Affiliation Order
- Agreed Order
- Agreement on Border Environment Cooperation Commission
- Alcohol-Related Neurodevelopmental Disorders
- Alternate Payee to Qualified Domestic Relations Order
- Amber Hangerman Child Protection Act
- American Inventors Protection Act of 1999 [AIPA]
