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

Consider that Brendan Sorsby recently won a court order from a county judge in Texas to play for Texas Tech this fall despite having admitted to having bet on his own team. — Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 25 June 2026

The court order follows months of controversy over the Justice Department's handling of the files, which were released in response to a federal law. — Daniel Ruetenik, CBS News, 25 June 2026

The arts center's board is scheduled to meet in mid-July to vote on path for a $258 million renovation project while remaining open under a court order. — Bart Jansen, USA Today, 23 June 2026

At least for now, Donald Trump‘s name is off the facade of the Kennedy Center, per a court order. — Ted Johnson, Deadline, 23 June 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