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
In the early 1980s, a hospital in Georgia won a court order to force a woman with a dangerous pregnancy complication to have a C-section.
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CNN Money, 16 Mar. 2026
The suit seeks an emergency court order forcing the university to reinstate the organization and restore its access to campus facilities, funding and event privileges.
—Garrett Shanley, Miami Herald, 16 Mar. 2026
The Justice Department had asked the high court to grant it emergency relief and freeze lower court orders blocking Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem's decisions to terminate TPS for more than 6,000 immigrants from Syria and 350,000 immigrants from Haiti.
—Melissa Quinn, CBS News, 16 Mar. 2026
Legally speaking, a lawsuit could be filed for declaratory relief seeking a court order that would force the board to enforce the association’s governing documents, but such litigation would be costly.
—Howard Dakoff, Chicago Tribune, 15 Mar. 2026
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CNN Money, 16 Mar. 2026
The suit seeks an emergency court order forcing the university to reinstate the organization and restore its access to campus facilities, funding and event privileges.
—Garrett Shanley, Miami Herald, 16 Mar. 2026
The Justice Department had asked the high court to grant it emergency relief and freeze lower court orders blocking Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem's decisions to terminate TPS for more than 6,000 immigrants from Syria and 350,000 immigrants from Haiti.
—Melissa Quinn, CBS News, 16 Mar. 2026
Legally speaking, a lawsuit could be filed for declaratory relief seeking a court order that would force the board to enforce the association’s governing documents, but such litigation would be costly.
—Howard Dakoff, Chicago Tribune, 15 Mar. 2026
See All Example Sentences for court order
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“Court order.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/court%20order. Accessed 19 Mar. 2026.
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