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

Conflicting court orders issued on the same day have thrown congressional elections in Missouri into chaos, two months before an election in which a handful of races could decide control of the House. — Arkansas Online, 10 Sep. 2026

The conference seeks a court order that would block LSU and head football coach Lane Kiffin from what the conference says is a violation of its First Amendment rights. — Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 9 Sep. 2026

The plan is presented for approval to the court so services will be in place when the court orders the child to be returned home. — CBS News, 9 Sep. 2026

Hoskins on Tuesday assigned the redistricting referendum as Proposition A on the November ballot, in compliance with the state court order. — Lindsay Whitehurst, Los Angeles Times, 8 Sep. 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