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court order

noun

: a formal statement from a court that orders someone to do or stop doing something

Full Definition of COURT ORDER

: an order issuing from a competent court that requires a party to do or abstain from doing a specified act

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First Known Use of COURT ORDER

1650

Rhymes with COURT ORDER

awarder, back order, close order, disorder, gag order, in order, keyboarder, mail-order, on order, recorder, reorder, rewarder, sailboarder, short-order, skateboarder, snowboarder, stop order, suborder, surfboarder, third order, to order, transborder, wakeboarder, word order

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