How to Use court order in a Sentence

court order

noun
Definition of court ordernext
  • The town is under court order to fix the problem.
  • He is barred by court order from entering the building.
  • He received a court order barring him from entering the building.
  • But at least twice in the last week, the city has violated that court order.
    — Cari Spencer, Los Angeles Times, 9 Aug. 2023
  • When a person fails to abide by a court order to pay fees to the other party, that person would be required to pay the costs of the fees.
    — Kacen Bayless, Kansas City Star, 11 Apr. 2024
  • And the lack of a warrant or a court order is what has lawmakers of both parties worried.
    — Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 13 July 2023
  • And in Louisiana, the Supreme Court blocked a lower court order for new maps.
    — Alexandra Marquez, NBC News, 28 Dec. 2022
  • Masimo sued the startup and won a court order blocking it from selling the product.
    — Mark Gurman, Fortune, 27 Dec. 2023
  • Both Penzone and Arpaio were found to be in civil contempt for failing to comply with the court orders.
    — The Arizona Republic, 28 Feb. 2024
  • Parscale complied with a court order to turn in his firearms and was not charged in connection with the incident.
    — Garance Burke, Fortune, 6 May 2024
  • The shooter was her estranged husband, Cedric, who was under a court order to stay away from Ms. Glenn.
    — Mark Sherman and Lindsay Whitehurst, The Christian Science Monitor, 6 Nov. 2023
  • The footage, which showed Chauvin placing his knee on Floyd’s neck for more than nine minutes, was released by a court order.
    — Andrea Salcedo, Washington Post, 28 Jan. 2023
  • The phrase, which translates roughly as ‘awesome’ or ‘wicked,’ is now protected by the court order.
    — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 20 Sep. 2023
  • If the person is under a court order to attend the program and leaves before the program is over, the provider must notify the court.
    — Hannah Pinski, The Courier-Journal, 12 July 2024
  • It has been given two months to come up with a report, according to a court order on Thursday.
    — Weilun Soon, WSJ, 2 Mar. 2023
  • But the Supreme Court agreed to lift the lower court orders and allow construction to continue.
    — Tori Otten, The New Republic, 27 July 2023
  • That’s because the state’s congressional districts are set to be redrawn again in the next few months because of a court order.
    — Anthony Izaguirre, Fortune, 14 Feb. 2024
  • Under the terms of the court order, Cloudflare was instructed last week to hand the site and its inner workings over to Microsoft.
    — Kevin Collier, NBC News, 14 Dec. 2023
  • Tony Daunt, a Republican who had voted against the proposal, last week said that the board would obey a court order.
    — Joey Cappelletti, Sara Burnett and Ed White, Anchorage Daily News, 9 Sep. 2022
  • During the course of the bribery scheme, Pearson was paid about $22.8 million by FirstEnergy, according to a court order.
    — Jeremy Pelzer, cleveland, 21 Oct. 2022
  • This is the first set of documents to be unsealed as part of a December 18 court order; more are expected as part of the order.
    — Cnn.com Wire Service, The Mercury News, 4 Jan. 2024
  • The lawsuit requests that the court order Williamsburg owners to fix all issues in a timely manner.
    — Randy Tucker, The Enquirer, 10 Jan. 2023
  • Arias said his client had no plans to seek a court order to recover legal costs and fees from the county on top of the $1.35 million settlement.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Sep. 2022
  • The Biden administration has now appealed against the court order, but a decision will not be made in time for the Dec. 21 cutoff.
    — Adam Shaw, Fox News, 8 Dec. 2022
  • The justices are not considering the merits of the case but only whether to lift the appeals court order pending appeal.
    — Kaelan Deese, Washington Examiner, 4 Jan. 2023
  • So Cash got a second court order, and the judge ordered the sheriff’s office to enforce it, according to her lawsuit.
    — Laura Strickler, NBC News, 23 July 2023
  • Democrats would likely need a court order in order to swap out candidates after that date.
    — Jonathan Shorman, Kansas City Star, 12 July 2024
  • The first Black students didn’t arrive until 1951, and then only under court order.
    — Hannah Schoenbaum, Fortune, 29 Oct. 2022
  • Since then, the Department of Justice said, TikTok has been under a court order to remain compliant with the act.
    — Wendy Lee, Los Angeles Times, 2 Aug. 2024
  • According to the law, Minnesota officials do not have to turn over a patient’s health records in response to another state’s subpoena or court order.
    — Aria Bendix, NBC News, 6 Aug. 2024

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