court order

noun

: an order issuing from a competent court that requires a party to do or abstain from doing a specified act

Examples of court order in a Sentence

He received a court order barring him from entering the building.

He is barred by court order from entering the building.

The town is under court order to fix the problem.

Recent Examples on the Web

Judges have sometimes backed claims that administration officials are defying the law, and even defying direct court orders. —Aysha Bagchi, USA Today, 23 Mar. 2026

Can a debt collector really get a court order to take part of your paycheck after seven years, though? —Angelica Leicht, CBS News, 23 Mar. 2026

In January alone, ICE violated more court orders than most federal agencies violate in their entire existence, according to a federal judge in Minnesota. —Paul Rosenzweig, The Atlantic, 22 Mar. 2026

Barger added that a court order will be required before the animals can be made available for adoption, and said county officials are working with the judicial system to move the process forward as quickly as possible. —City News Service, Daily News, 21 Mar. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1650, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for court order

• camcorder
• disorder
• recorder
• reorder
• suborder
• transborder
• boarder
• border
• corder
• warder