court order

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court order

noun court orders

  1. 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. 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.

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noun a written command issued by a judge

Españolorden judicial
日本語裁判所命令 saibansho meirei
中文法庭命令 fǎtīng mìnglìng
Portuguêsordem judicial
Françaisordonnance judiciaire
DeutschGerichtsbeschluss
Русскийраспоряже́ние суда́ rasporjažénije sudá
Tiếng Việtán lệnh

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@misc{court_order_2026,
  title = {court order},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/court%20order},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}