Meanings
nounpeace bond (plural peace bonds)
plural peace bonds
- CanadaUSlawA court order forbidding one party to bother another.First known use 19th c.
“She's awready^([sic]) about to get us put under a peace bond. She's all the time spying in that alley behind her shutters.”
1963 (date written), John Kennedy Toole, chapter 7, in A Confederacy of Dunces, London: Penguin Books, published 1980 (1981 printing), →ISBN, page 1511 more example
"... We're scared for you, and we think you oughta do something about him." Atticus smiled wryly. "Do what? Put him under a peace bond?"
1960 July 11, Harper Lee, chapter 23, in To Kill a Mockingbird, Philadelphia, Pa.; New York, N.Y.: J[oshua] B[allinger] Lippincott Company, →OCLC
Translations
Finnish lähestymiskielto
- lähestymiskieltoCourt order forbidding one party to bother another
French 810, engagement de garder la paix
- 810Court order forbidding one party to bother another
- engagement de garder la paixCourt order forbidding one party to bother another
German Kontaktverbot
- KontaktverbotCourt order forbidding one party to bother another
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