court order

/kɔrt ˌɔrdər/

Other forms: court orders

Definitions of court order

1. noun

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

   divestiture

   an order to an offending party to rid itself of property; it has the purpose of depriving the defendant of the gains of wrongful behavior

   execution, writ of execution

   a routine court order that attempts to enforce the judgment that has been granted to a plaintiff by authorizing a sheriff to carry it out

   gag order

   a court order restricting information or comment by the participants involved in a lawsuit

   garnishment

   a court order to an employer to withhold all or part of an employee's wages and to send the money to the court or to the person who won a lawsuit against the employee

   interdict, interdiction

   a court order prohibiting a party from doing a certain activity

   type of:

   judicial writ, writ

   (law) a legal document issued by a court or judicial officer