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
In other words, Raskin alleges someone at the DOJ may have violated a court order, a possible contempt issue.
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Jasmine Laws, MSNBC Newsweek, 31 Mar. 2026
The company late Thursday won a court order blocking the order, a decision defense officials plan to appeal.
—Bloomberg, Mercury News, 30 Mar. 2026
Since the election has been formally called, publicly noticed and mail-in ballots are already in motion, the runoff date can only be changed by a court order, said Diaz.
—Lauren Costantino
march 30, Miami Herald, 30 Mar. 2026
Arnold Milstein, a Stanford professor of medicine and a co-author of PRA's report, said the research team's analysis identified companies who were under court order to garnish wages of workers to collect debt.
—Ken Alltucker, USA Today, 27 Mar. 2026
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Jasmine Laws, MSNBC Newsweek, 31 Mar. 2026
The company late Thursday won a court order blocking the order, a decision defense officials plan to appeal.
—Bloomberg, Mercury News, 30 Mar. 2026
Since the election has been formally called, publicly noticed and mail-in ballots are already in motion, the runoff date can only be changed by a court order, said Diaz.
—Lauren Costantino
march 30, Miami Herald, 30 Mar. 2026
Arnold Milstein, a Stanford professor of medicine and a co-author of PRA's report, said the research team's analysis identified companies who were under court order to garnish wages of workers to collect debt.
—Ken Alltucker, USA Today, 27 Mar. 2026
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 2 Apr. 2026.
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