Restraint

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Restraint may refer to:

  • Self-control, a personal virtue
  • Physical restraint, the practice of rendering people helpless or keeping them in captivity by means such as handcuffs, ropes, straps, etc.
    • Medical restraint, a subset of general physical restraint used for medical purposes
  • Restraint (film), an Australian thriller directed by David Deenan
  • Safety harness
  • The use of any type of brake etc. to slow down or stop any moving machine or vehicle
  • Restraint (book), a non-fiction book on international relations by Barry Posen

Legal terminology

  • Judicial restraint, a theory of judicial interpretation that encourages judges to limit the exercise of their own power
  • Prior restraint, a government's actions that prevent materials from being distributed
  • Restraint on alienation, in property law, a clause that seeks to prohibit the recipient of property from transferring his or her interest
  • Restraint of trade, a restriction on a person's freedom to conduct business
  • Vertical restraints, agreements between firms or individuals at different levels of the production and distribution process

See also

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