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

The arbitration was later dismissed, but FKA twigs (whose legal name is Tahliah Barnett) brought a lawsuit against LaBeouf seeking a court order that would block him from enforcing portions of the NDA. — Winston Cho, HollywoodReporter, 9 July 2026

The former chicken-and-biscuit restaurant chain workers sought monetary damages and a court order to force Bojangles to tighten its data security to protect personal information. — Chase Jordan july 7, Charlotte Observer, 7 July 2026

That court order would be against the NCAA, the school’s member association. — Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 7 July 2026

Similarly, the legislative ordinance could be reversed in the future by a competing legislative ordinance or by court order. — Ilana Arougheti july 7, Kansas City Star, 7 July 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