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
Since then, a court order has been issued to the school, but according to O’Connor, it’s still not followed.
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IndyStar, 8 Sep. 2025
For good measure, Burroughs also engaged with Barrett’s explanation that addressing both backward- and forward-looking claims would have required two separate court orders.
—Noah Feldman, Twin Cities, 7 Sep. 2025
Their designations were to expire in September but later extended until February due to a separate court order out of New York.
—Arkansas Online, 7 Sep. 2025
Abrego Garcia, a Salvadoran native who had been living in Maryland with his wife and children, was deported in March to El Salvador's CECOT mega-prison -- despite a 2019 court order barring his deportation to that country due to fear of persecution.
—Laura Romero, ABC News, 5 Sep. 2025
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IndyStar, 8 Sep. 2025
For good measure, Burroughs also engaged with Barrett’s explanation that addressing both backward- and forward-looking claims would have required two separate court orders.
—Noah Feldman, Twin Cities, 7 Sep. 2025
Their designations were to expire in September but later extended until February due to a separate court order out of New York.
—Arkansas Online, 7 Sep. 2025
Abrego Garcia, a Salvadoran native who had been living in Maryland with his wife and children, was deported in March to El Salvador's CECOT mega-prison -- despite a 2019 court order barring his deportation to that country due to fear of persecution.
—Laura Romero, ABC News, 5 Sep. 2025
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 15 Sep. 2025.
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