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.
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The Justice Department didn't appeal to the Supreme Court to overturn those rulings right away, but instead asked the justices to narrow the court orders to only the people who filed the lawsuits.
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Time, 29 Mar. 2025
At least 20 local HUD workers lost their jobs or received layoff notices last month; some of these employees have since been placed on administrative leave following court orders.
—Lizzie Kane, Chicago Tribune, 26 Mar. 2025
She was deported despite having a valid visa and a court order blocking her removal.
—Robert B. Reich, Hartford Courant, 25 Mar. 2025
Boasberg also grilled Deputy Assistant Attorney General Drew Ensign over his compliance with the court order to turn back the flights already in the air and questioned how the deportation flights were put together.
—Ivan Pereira, ABC News, 25 Mar. 2025
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Time, 29 Mar. 2025
At least 20 local HUD workers lost their jobs or received layoff notices last month; some of these employees have since been placed on administrative leave following court orders.
—Lizzie Kane, Chicago Tribune, 26 Mar. 2025
She was deported despite having a valid visa and a court order blocking her removal.
—Robert B. Reich, Hartford Courant, 25 Mar. 2025
Boasberg also grilled Deputy Assistant Attorney General Drew Ensign over his compliance with the court order to turn back the flights already in the air and questioned how the deportation flights were put together.
—Ivan Pereira, ABC News, 25 Mar. 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 2 Apr. 2025.
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