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

Residents can also place full rent in escrow and seek a court order for repairs, or sue the landlord under the Tenant's Remedies Act. —Caroline Cummings, CBS News, 5 Dec. 2025

Morato was also sentenced to 31 days in county jail for each of two misdemeanor charges of violating a court order. —Caelyn Pender, Mercury News, 5 Dec. 2025

Stamford Police responded to the Oaklawn Avenue home on Tuesday morning after a state marshal called 911 while attempting to carry out a court order to evict the man. —Landon Mion, FOXNews.com, 4 Dec. 2025

Neighbors complained of odors emanating from the business after some animals in freezers were allowed to defrost, and in September, the city of San Marcos got a court order to enter the premises and hired a contractor to clean up the biohazard. —Karen Kucher, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Dec. 2025

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