court order
English
editNoun
editcourt order (plural court orders)
- (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, 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
edita written command issued by a judge
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