How to Use court order in a Sentence

court order

noun
  • The town is under court order to fix the problem.
  • He is barred by court order from entering the building.
  • He received a court order barring him from entering the building.
  • But a recent court order has forced the administration to keep the public health rule in place.
    New York Times, 26 May 2022
  • But a court order has put excavation on hold until the legal questions are resolved.
    Ana Vanessa Herrero, Washington Post, 8 June 2022
  • The appeals-court order Friday did not delve into details of the federal and state constitutional issues.
    Jim Saunders, Orlando Sentinel, 20 May 2022
  • By a 5-4 vote, the justices granted an emergency request from the tech industry to block a lower court order that would have allowed the law to take hold, pending legal challenges.
    Brian Fung, CNN, 31 May 2022
  • Per a 2002 court order, the state hospital is legally required to admit within seven days patients who are unable to appear in court in their own defense.
    oregonlive, 3 June 2022
  • Red flag laws generally permit police or family members to seek a court order to temporarily confiscate firearms from a person who may present a danger to others or themselves.
    Morgan Watkins, The Courier-Journal, 27 May 2022
  • State of play: Hall on Wednesday granted, in part, a motion to dismiss the case from the Department of Education, per the court order.
    Sareen Habeshian, Axios, 4 Oct. 2024
  • Utah does not have a red-flag law, which allows law enforcement officials, often at the request of the family and with a court order, to seize the guns of someone considered a danger to themselves or others.
    Julie Jag, The Salt Lake Tribune, 28 May 2022
  • But at least twice in the last week, the city has violated that court order.
    Cari Spencer, Los Angeles Times, 9 Aug. 2023
  • In 2020, Maryland passed a law barring the use of stingrays without a court order.
    Emily Opilo, Baltimore Sun, 24 Aug. 2022
  • When a person fails to abide by a court order to pay fees to the other party, that person would be required to pay the costs of the fees.
    Kacen Bayless, Kansas City Star, 11 Apr. 2024
  • And the lack of a warrant or a court order is what has lawmakers of both parties worried.
    Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 13 July 2023
  • And in Louisiana, the Supreme Court blocked a lower court order for new maps.
    Alexandra Marquez, NBC News, 28 Dec. 2022
  • Masimo sued the startup and won a court order blocking it from selling the product.
    Mark Gurman, Fortune, 27 Dec. 2023
  • The group is seeking a court order that would require the county to adopt a new voting district map.
    Felicia Alvarez, Los Angeles Times, 16 June 2022
  • Both Penzone and Arpaio were found to be in civil contempt for failing to comply with the court orders.
    The Arizona Republic, 28 Feb. 2024
  • Parscale complied with a court order to turn in his firearms and was not charged in connection with the incident.
    Garance Burke, Fortune, 6 May 2024
  • The shooter was her estranged husband, Cedric, who was under a court order to stay away from Ms. Glenn.
    Mark Sherman and Lindsay Whitehurst, The Christian Science Monitor, 6 Nov. 2023
  • The footage, which showed Chauvin placing his knee on Floyd’s neck for more than nine minutes, was released by a court order.
    Andrea Salcedo, Washington Post, 28 Jan. 2023
  • The news outlet, which did not name the mom or child, spoke to both of them and a neighbor who allegedly witnessed a Feb. 2 encounter that spurred the court order.
    Benjamin Vanhoose, PEOPLE.com, 23 June 2022
  • The phrase, which translates roughly as ‘awesome’ or ‘wicked,’ is now protected by the court order.
    Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 20 Sep. 2023
  • If the person is under a court order to attend the program and leaves before the program is over, the provider must notify the court.
    Hannah Pinski, The Courier-Journal, 12 July 2024
  • It has been given two months to come up with a report, according to a court order on Thursday.
    Weilun Soon, WSJ, 2 Mar. 2023
  • Arizona has a pre-statehood law that bans all abortions, but it’s been blocked by a court order for nearly 50 years.
    Wired, 24 July 2022
  • But the Supreme Court agreed to lift the lower court orders and allow construction to continue.
    Tori Otten, The New Republic, 27 July 2023
  • That’s because the state’s congressional districts are set to be redrawn again in the next few months because of a court order.
    Anthony Izaguirre, Fortune, 14 Feb. 2024
  • The core story of the government’s case is that more Americans will die if the court orders the Naval Academy not to use race in admissions.
    Jeannie Suk Gersen, The New Yorker, 21 Sep. 2024

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