court order
- noun
- /kɔrt ˈɔrdər/
- Formal
- I have a court order here requiring you to vacate these waters.
- comply with a court order
- violation of a court order
- obtain a court order
OK, so the FBI, they need a court order, a warrant to get that information.
- OK, so the FBI, they need a court order, a warrant to get that information.
- There have been governments that have ignored court orders.
- But I guess it's why you basically would have a court order saying to Apple, can you unlock this?
- Todd and Krista Kolstad have chosen to tell their story despite a court order demanding that they remain silent.
- And instead he put a piece of paper on my chest and it was obviously a, a court order.
- And it makes no headlines right now, but the Trump administration has refused lawful court orders now that they're supposed to produce documents.
- So if there's a court order saying we need to look at your transactions, the user will be able to do that.
- So she gets a court order for a medical exemption to have an abortion and the court says that she can.
- We get subpoenas, court orders, things like that from various countries around the world.
- You get, you get an, you get a court order, referral order.
- I got a car order because professionals said they didn't want to get a court order because it would make him angry.
- Well, it's just as much of A risk as putting taps on a person against like court orders anyways, right?
- So the Garda Court order when they went to the judge was under criminal act, which is a drug trafficking or serious crime like terrorism.
Examples
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Adoption records in Texas were closed; nothing short of a court order could get you access through official channels.
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The judge issued a court order requiring the landlord to make necessary repairs to the building.
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This is said by all men who receive a court order to appear for child support.
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Yeah, and I need a court order to do so.
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And we're here by court order.
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Your court order says 12 to eight.
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So she gets a court order for a medical exemption to have an abortion and the court says that she can.
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According to this court order, please surrender your dog to Ms. Zia.
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This is a court order approving the demolition of this boat!
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Hi, I have a court order here to transport one of your patients back to locked wing at Bellevue.
Synonyms
An instruction from someone in power that must be followed
An official written order from a court or government that must be followed
A court order that stops a legal action for a time
A court rule that stops people from talking about a case to the public
An official order by a court that temporarily stops a punishment, for example a death sentence
A clear order that someone in charge gives, like a teacher or parent
An order from a judge that allows police to arrest someone and bring them to court
A court order telling someone to stop a certain action
A court order that stops changes and protects things until the case ends
A legal order to keep someone in jail or custody and stop their release
A court order that stops a person or company from doing something forever
A court order that tells a government official to do a legal duty after other options fail
An order from a high court telling a lower court to send case papers for review
A document from a court that orders someone to do or stop something
A court order at the end of a trial that permanently tells someone to stop or do something
A court order that makes someone do a specific action
An order from a higher court that stops a lower court from hearing a case outside its power
An order by a court that cancels an earlier decision
A court order to bring someone to court to be tried
How Binding
- Formal
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- Formal
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly compositional: 'court' (a legal forum) + 'order' (an official directive) yields an official directive issued by a court. This noun-noun combination follows regular English compounding and is cross-linguistically common, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents should be able to infer the MWE meaning.
Etymology
Court order comes from the simple image of a judge in a court giving a firm order, like a 'command' written down and meant for everyone to follow. So a court order is an official instruction from the court that tells someone to do something or to stop doing something.