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

The recording was barred from broadcast or reproduction under a court order, and the pool camera remained trained on Lindsay. — Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, FOXNews.com, 30 July 2026

Due to a fire threat in June, he and dozens of other immigration detainees were moved outside South Florida for a temporary time in violation of court orders to keep them here. — Jay Weaver, Miami Herald, 30 July 2026

His 911 call was played in court but was not broadcast, in accordance with a court order. — Nicki Brown, CNN Money, 29 July 2026

Removal is usually requested when heirs claim there have been long delays, poor communication, bad record-keeping, conflicts of interest, failure to follow court orders, or other actions that could harm the estate. — Naomi Cahn, The Conversation, 29 July 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