Complete Definition of "court order"

English

Noun

en-noun

  1. law 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 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. â�� Upton Sinclair, 100%: The Story of a Patriot, §54.

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Finnish: t|fi|oikeuden määräys

ru:court order

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