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 new court order comes a few months after California Attorney General Rob Bonta and 20 other state leaders sued the administration over the policy change in July.
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Molly Gibbs, Mercury News, 13 Sep. 2025
He was charged with criminal trespassing, assault, failure to stop at the command of law enforcement and three counts of violating a court order, per his booking record viewed by PEOPLE.
—Madison E. Goldberg, People.com, 12 Sep. 2025
Sheriff Tony later condemned his deputies’ failures, including their inaction on removing Nathan’s firearms or seeking a court order under Florida’s red flag law, passed after the 2018 Marjory Stoneman Douglas High massacre.
—Milena Malaver, Miami Herald, 12 Sep. 2025
By declining South Carolina's request, the justices left in place a lower-court order allowing one student to use boys' restrooms, while signaling no view on the broader legal issues.
—Robert Alexander, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Sep. 2025
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Molly Gibbs, Mercury News, 13 Sep. 2025
He was charged with criminal trespassing, assault, failure to stop at the command of law enforcement and three counts of violating a court order, per his booking record viewed by PEOPLE.
—Madison E. Goldberg, People.com, 12 Sep. 2025
Sheriff Tony later condemned his deputies’ failures, including their inaction on removing Nathan’s firearms or seeking a court order under Florida’s red flag law, passed after the 2018 Marjory Stoneman Douglas High massacre.
—Milena Malaver, Miami Herald, 12 Sep. 2025
By declining South Carolina's request, the justices left in place a lower-court order allowing one student to use boys' restrooms, while signaling no view on the broader legal issues.
—Robert Alexander, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Sep. 2025
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 18 Sep. 2025.
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