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

Since a court order prevents Abrego Garcia’s return to El Salvador, the administration has been looking for a third country to accept him, with Eswatini, Uganda, and Ghana previously floated. —Mandy Taheri, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Oct. 2025

Immigration agents have leeway to enter public portions of public buildings without a court order, but not private areas or homes. —Mercury News, 24 Oct. 2025

In order to be eligible for the claim, Amazon users must have signed up for Prime between June 23, 2019, and June 23, 2025, according to the court order. —Paige Moore, AZCentral.com, 23 Oct. 2025

The Kelly administration appealed that decision, delaying the financial punishment and buying time for its possible reversal through the appeals process or a court order. —Matthew Kelly, Kansas City Star, 22 Oct. 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