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Interim relief

Meaning in law, with examples

nounAdvanced term

In law, interim relief means: A temporary court order that protects a party's position until the case is finally decided, for example by freezing assets or stopping an action.

In Turkish: geçici hukuki koruma, ihtiyati tedbir, geçici tedbir

How it is used

Parties 'apply for' or 'seek' interim relief, often urgently and sometimes without notice to the other side, and courts 'grant' or 'refuse' it. Common forms are interim injunctions and freezing orders. Arbitration rules also allow 'interim measures'.

Example sentences

  1. We need to apply for interim relief today, before the shares are sold.

  2. The judge granted interim relief preventing the former employee from using the client list.

Common collocations

  • apply for interim relief
  • grant interim relief
  • urgent interim relief
  • interim relief pending trial
  • injunctionA court order that tells a person or company to stop doing something, or sometimes to do something, often made quickly to prevent serious harm.
  • remedyThe way a court puts right a wrong or protects a right, for example by ordering payment of money, banning an action or requiring a contract to be performed.
  • court orderAn official instruction from a court telling a person or organisation to do something or to stop doing something; ignoring it can lead to serious penalties.
  • ex parteA Latin phrase describing an application or order made by one party without the other side being told or present, usually in urgent cases.
  • arbitrationA private way of resolving a dispute in which the parties agree to let one or more independent arbitrators decide it, usually with a final and binding result.

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