Definition of Restraints

1. Noun. (plural of restraint) ¹

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Definition of Restraints

1. restraint [n] - See also: restraint

Lexicographical Neighbors of Restraints

restrain
restrainable
restrained
restrained beam
restrainedly
restrainer
restrainers
restraining
restraining order
restrainingly
restrainment
restrainments
restrains
restraint
restraint of trade
restraints (current term)
restraints of trade
restrategize
restrategized
restrategizes
restrategizing
restratification
restratifications
restreak
restreaked
restreaking
restreaks
restrengthen
restrengthened
restrengthening

Literary usage of Restraints

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Origin and Growth of the English Constitution: An Historical Treatise by Hannis Taylor (1889)
"But even under this changed condition of things the influence of family organization lingered in restraints the restraints which it imposed upon the right ..."

2. The History of English Law Before the Time of Edward I. by Frederick Pollock, Frederic William Maitland (1895)
"restraints on Alienation. Historical In the middle of the thirteenth century ... About the history of these restraints different opinions have been held. ..."

3. Handbook of the Law of Insurance by William Reynolds Vance (1904)
"g§ 220-221) CAPTURES, ARRESTS, restraints. 653 THEFTS. 22O. ... "takings at sea, arrests, restraints, and detainments of all kings, princes, and people," ..."

4. The Principles of German Civil Law by Ernest Joseph Schuster (1907)
"J Among the statutory restraints on alienation the prohibition of the sale or mortgage ... These restraints, as well as the restraints imposed by judicial ..."

5. History of the Origin, Formation, and Adoption of the Constitution of the by George Ticknor Curtis (1865)
"Almost all the restraints imposed by the Articles of Confederation upon the States could ... All the other restraints on the States were to be operative or ..."

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