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
He was transported to the hospital for medical evaluation and later booked into Contra Costa County Jail on suspicion of assault with a deadly weapon, felony domestic violence, kidnapping, violation of a court order and resisting arrest.
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Martha Ross, The Mercury News, 9 Nov. 2024
Aaron Nathan, attorney for Freeman and Moss, who believe Giuliani might be trying to hide assets from them, complained to New York federal Judge Lewis Liman on Monday about the removal of furnishing and belongings from his Upper East Side apartment weeks ago, in defiance of Liman's court order.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2024
Collection activities were paused in December 2022 as part of a court order for any claimant who filed for benefits on or after March 1, 2020, and who received an overpayment letter and appealed or protested the decision.
—Adrienne Roberts, Detroit Free Press, 2 Nov. 2024
But after five days of protest, and an emergency court order to reinstate the Ngorongoro wards removed from the voter roll, a representative of the president arrived to address the demonstrators.
—Kizito Makoye, The Christian Science Monitor, 30 Oct. 2024
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Martha Ross, The Mercury News, 9 Nov. 2024
Aaron Nathan, attorney for Freeman and Moss, who believe Giuliani might be trying to hide assets from them, complained to New York federal Judge Lewis Liman on Monday about the removal of furnishing and belongings from his Upper East Side apartment weeks ago, in defiance of Liman's court order.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2024
Collection activities were paused in December 2022 as part of a court order for any claimant who filed for benefits on or after March 1, 2020, and who received an overpayment letter and appealed or protested the decision.
—Adrienne Roberts, Detroit Free Press, 2 Nov. 2024
But after five days of protest, and an emergency court order to reinstate the Ngorongoro wards removed from the voter roll, a representative of the president arrived to address the demonstrators.
—Kizito Makoye, The Christian Science Monitor, 30 Oct. 2024
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“Court order.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/court%20order. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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