court order
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English
[edit]Noun
[edit]court order (plural court orders)
- (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.
Translations
[edit]a written command issued by a judge
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