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

Her agents in Chicago have used chemical sprays on protesters multiple times despite a court order forbidding them from doing so. —Arkansas Online, 27 Jan. 2026

But that is not a court order, Macdonald said in an email. —Jeanne Sahadi, CNN Money, 27 Jan. 2026

Ellison said during a press conference Sunday that if federal officials openly defy the court order, state officials will pursue legal recourse. —Imani Cruzen, Mercury News, 26 Jan. 2026

The Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act prohibits school personnel from disclosing a student's records to an immigration official unless the school has consent from the student’s parent or the official has a valid subpoena or court order. —Erick Trevino, AZCentral.com, 26 Jan. 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