preservation order

noun

British
: an official order by a court that makes it illegal to destroy or change a building, tree, view, etc.

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On top of possible sanctions, news plaintiffs asked the court to keep in place a preservation order blocking OpenAI from permanently deleting users’ temporary and deleted chats. — Ashley Belanger, ArsTechnica, 6 Jan. 2026 OpenAI appealed the preservation order, but was unsuccessful. — Nicole Fallert, USA Today, 16 Aug. 2025 An emergency tree preservation order has been imposed on the base of the stump, the Woodland Trust said. — Olivia Kemp, CNN Money, 17 Apr. 2025

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“Preservation order.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/preservation%20order. Accessed 25 Sep. 2026.

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