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

While court orders that block counterfeiters can help to safeguard intellectual property, sometimes those counterfeiters simply turn to other aliases and cybersquatting ploys to continue their activities. —Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 14 May 2026

Kemp called the last special session in 2023 to address redistricting to comply with a court order to draw an additional majority-Black congressional district. —Caleb Groves, AJC.com, 14 May 2026

He was also booked on fresh charges of felony vandalism, battery against a former dating partner and willful disobedience of a court order. —Nicole Buss, Sacbee.com, 13 May 2026

The defense is also seeking a court order for prosecutors to preserve video and audio recordings of previous police interactions with King. —Lance Reynolds, Boston Herald, 13 May 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