to restrain
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Definitions from Case Law
From 596 U.S. 543 - Garland v. Gonzalez · 2022Most cited · 9 citing opinions
to "check, hold back, or prevent (a person or thing) from some course of action." 5 Oxford English Dictionary 756 (2d ed. 1989) (emphasis deleted); Webster's Third New International Dictionary, at 1936 ("to hold (as a person) back from some action, procedure, or course: prevent from doing something").