1. In a domestic-violence case, an order forbidding the defendant to contact the victim. • A stay-away order usu. prohibits the defendant from coming within a certain number of feet of the victim’s home, school, work, or other specific place. Stay-away orders are most often issued in criminal cases.
2. RESTRAINING ORDER(1).
3. In a juvenile-delinquency case, an order prohibiting a youthful offender from frequenting the scene of the offense or from being in the company of certain persons. — Also termed no-contact order; stay-away order of protection.
