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 $40,000 insurance policy belonging to Carolyn under a 2022 court order, for example, was never distributed. — Winston Cho, HollywoodReporter, 23 July 2026

Some of the subpoenas — which are court orders compelling a person to testify — were delivered by FBI agents at the reporters’ homes. — Brian Stelter, CNN Money, 23 July 2026

Apple is seeking damages and a court order that would block OpenAI from possessing or using its trade secrets. — Harriet Marsden, TheWeek, 23 July 2026

Ozgur Ozel 's announcement came months after he was removed as leader of the Republican People’s Party, or CHP, by a court order — a ruling critics say was a politically motivated effort to weaken the opposition. — ABC News, 21 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