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

No, key parts of the plan, including requirements for states, are currently blocked by a court order. — Hansi Lo Wang, NPR, 3 Sep. 2026

After Russia's refusal to pay the award, Naftogaz has been petitioning national courts seeking court orders to seize Russian commercial assets. — ABC News, 3 Sep. 2026

Separate court orders said the parties had notified the court that the lawsuits had been settled. — Kansas City Star, 1 Sep. 2026

Within a few weeks, the number of court orders ignored by the government had reached two hundred. — Emily Witt, New Yorker, 31 Aug. 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