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gag order
n. a judge's order prohibiting the attorneys and the parties to a pending lawsuit or criminal prosecution from talking to the media or the public about the case. The supposed intent is to prevent prejudice due to pre-trial publicity which would influence potential jurors. A gag order has the seconda...
interim order
n. a temporary order of the court pending a hearing, trial, a final order or while awaiting an act by one of the parties.
mortgage
n. a document in which the owner pledges his/her/its title to real property to a lender as security for a loan described in a promissory note. Mortgage is an old English term derived from two French words "mort" and "gage" meaning "dead pledge." To be enforceable the mortgage must be signed by the o...
mortgagee
n. the person or business making a loan that is secured by the real property of the person (mortgagor) who owes him/her/it money.
mortgagor
n. the person who has borrowed money and pledged his/her real property as security for the money provided by the lender (mortgagee).
order
1) n. every direction or mandate of a judge or a court which is not a judgment or legal opinion (although both may include an order) directing that something be done or that there is prohibition against some act. This can range from an order that a case will be tried on a certain date, to an order t...
restraining order
n. a temporary order of a court to keep conditions as they are (like not taking a child out of the county or not selling marital property) until there can be a hearing in which both parties are present. More properly it is called a temporary restraining order (shortened to TRO).
stay away order
n. a court order that a person may not come near and/or contact another.



The People's Law Dictionary by Gerald and Kathleen Hill Publisher Fine Communications