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court order — ➔ order1 * * * court order UK US noun [C] ► LAW an instruction given by a court telling someone what they must or must not do: apply for/seek a court order »They applied for a court order to compel the government to disclose details of the deal.… … Financial and business terms
court order — index search warrant Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 court order … Law dictionary
court order — n an order or decision made by a law court ▪ His computer was seized under a court order … Dictionary of contemporary English
court order — noun count an order that someone must or must not do something, given by a court of law … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
court order — ► NOUN ▪ a direction issued by a court or a judge requiring a person to do or not do something … English terms dictionary
Court order — A court order (a type of court ruling) is an official proclamation by a judge (or panel of judges) that defines the legal relationships between the parties to a hearing, a trial, an appeal or other court proceedings. Such ruling requires or… … Wikipedia
court order — noun a writ issued by a court of law requiring a person to do something or to refrain from doing something (Freq. 2) • Topics: ↑law, ↑jurisprudence • Hypernyms: ↑writ, ↑judicial writ • Hyponyms: ↑ … Useful english dictionary
court order — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms court order : singular court order plural court orders an order that someone must or must not do something, given by a court of law … English dictionary
court order — noun A written command, issued by a judge, requiring whomever it is served upon to do whatever the order says, under penalty of being held in contempt of court. 1920 The Reds were raising an awful howl. Andrews, the lawyer, had succeeded in… … Wiktionary
court order of imprisonment — index mittimus Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
court order — noun Date: 1650 an order issuing from a competent court that requires a party to do or abstain from doing a specified act … New Collegiate Dictionary
