When does a Chancery temporary restraining order without notice expire?

Entry of the ex parte TRO and the actual expiration time set in the order

The ten-day figure is a ceiling. A court-set shorter time must not be replaced by a maximum-date calculation.

Responsible actor. The parties bound by or seeking relief from the ex parte TRO. Read the actual order’s issuance, entry and specified expiration date and hour, together with any timely extension.

1. Entry of the ex parte TRO and the actual expiration time set in the order
2. The ten-day figure is a ceiling. A court-set shorter time must not be replaced by a maximum-date calculation.
3. Identify the actual competing event, court order or statutory condition described here before applying Rule 6. No single date is computed.
4. Preserve the filed order, its specified expiration date and hour, any extension order and the underlying notice and security conditions.

The source guide explains the actual missing comparisons or procedural conditions. No computed or paid date is supplied.

Rule 6(c) adds three calendar days after the ordinary Rule 6(a) period only for an act measured after service made exclusively by mail. It applies to party acts, not Court acts. Electronic service, an entry-based clock and a filing-based clock do not acquire that addition merely because a paper copy is mailed. These calculations show the disclosed nonexclusive-mail base component; they do not implement the mail-only addition or infer service effectiveness.

These reviewed calculators use the official edition current as of June 1, 2026. Events before that date and backward periods crossing before that date receive no computed or paid date. This is publication coverage, not a finding that an actual procedural act is late. Historical editions, emergency measures, court-modified dates and actual additional closures require separate review.

Assume two orders entered together specify different expiration hours or one specifies a shorter duration. A shared ten-day preset cannot report their actual expiry.

The Court sets the actual expiration date and hour, and an extension can change it. The preset’s maximum period is not the order’s automatic life.

Extension before expiry

The Court may extend for cause before expiry for up to thirty additional days; the restrained party may consent to longer.

Prompt hearing

An ex parte TRO requires the preliminary-injunction hearing at the earliest possible time and the obtaining party must proceed.

Mail-only service and actual court schedule

Rule 6(c) adds three calendar days after the ordinary Rule 6(a) period only for an act measured after service made exclusively by mail. It applies to party acts, not Court acts. Electronic service, an entry-based clock and a filing-based clock do not acquire that addition merely because a paper copy is mailed. These calculations show the disclosed nonexclusive-mail base component; they do not implement the mail-only addition or infer service effectiveness.

Current edition and historical scope

These reviewed calculators use the official edition current as of June 1, 2026. Events before that date and backward periods crossing before that date receive no computed or paid date. This is publication coverage, not a finding that an actual procedural act is late. Historical editions, emergency measures, court-modified dates and actual additional closures require separate review.

• Read the actual order’s issuance, entry and specified expiration date and hour, together with any timely extension.
• The Court sets the actual expiration date and hour, and an extension can change it. The preset’s maximum period is not the order’s automatic life.

• Entry of the ex parte TRO and the actual expiration time set in the order
• The ten-day figure is a ceiling. A court-set shorter time must not be replaced by a maximum-date calculation.
• The Court may extend for cause before expiry for up to thirty additional days; the restrained party may consent to longer.
• An ex parte TRO requires the preliminary-injunction hearing at the earliest possible time and the obtaining party must proceed.
• Preserve the filed order, its specified expiration date and hour, any extension order and the underlying notice and security conditions.
• For electronic service and filing, Rule 5(d) uses midnight for an original complaint, notice of appeal, or paper in a summary proceeding or an action ordered expedited. Other papers in other actions must be served or filed by 5:00 p.m. Use Delaware local court time and preserve actual completed transmission and docket treatment. Do not replace the ordinary boundary with a federal midnight rule. Rule 5(c)(2)(B) permits self-represented delivery to the Register with the required fee, deemed filed when delivered. Check actual office availability. Rule 5(e) permits the Court, on satisfactory proof, to deem an unsuccessful electronic attempt timely; relief is not automatic.