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court order

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court order (plural court orders)

  1. (law) A legally binding directive issued by a judge or authorized judicial officer that requires an individual or an entity to fulfill or perform specific actions or refrain from certain behaviors.
    • 1920, Upton Sinclair, 100%: The Story of a Patriot[1]:
      The Reds were raising an awful howl. Andrews, the lawyer, had succeeded in getting a court order to see the arrested men, and of course the prisoners had all declared that the case was a put-up job.

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