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 Attorney General’s Office of Consumer Protection secured the court order in a separate civil case to temporarily shut down the organization. —Maggie Menderski, Louisville Courier Journal, 15 Nov. 2025

Robinson was jailed on contempt charges for filming a trial despite a court order prohibiting such coverage. —Shirsho Dasgupta, Miami Herald, 15 Nov. 2025

He was only charged with violating a state court order in connection with his marital separation, according to Matthew Taylor, one of Taras’ attorneys. —Rosalio Ahumada, Sacbee.com, 14 Nov. 2025

One woman was transferred to Texas despite a court order that detainees not be moved out of Massachusetts; Pomerleau said she is now being brought back to New England. —Billal Rahman, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 Nov. 2025

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