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

Even a court order was ineffective, much to the chagrin of law enforcement. —Richard Forno, The Conversation, 16 May 2025

The Supreme Court seemed intent Thursday on keeping a block on President Donald Trump’s restrictions on birthright citizenship while looking for a way to scale back nationwide court orders. —Mark Sherman, Chicago Tribune, 15 May 2025

Tangent Justice Amy Coney Barrett also questioned the Trump administration about its adherence to lower court orders, as Democrats and other Trump critics have broadly decried the Trump administration for appearing to defy court rulings, primarily on immigration topics. —Alison Durkee, Forbes.com, 15 May 2025

The bid by the Trump administration to narrow three lower court orders blocking Mr. Trump from ending birthright citizenship is a test of district judges' power to block a president's policies nationwide. —Melissa Quinn, CBS News, 15 May 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