court order

1. 1.

   a writ issued by a court of law requiring a person to do something or to refrain from doing something

   Broaderwrit

   Narrowerdivestitureexecutiongag ordergarnishmentinterdict

   law

Questions about court order

What does court order mean?

court order means "a writ issued by a court of law requiring a person to do something or to refrain from doing something".

Is court order a common word?

court order is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.