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anton piller order

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 2.11 in modern English

Syllables
an-ton piller order
IPA
19
Scrabble Score
16
Letters
2
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A court order allowing a plaintiff to go to someone's premises and seize documents (entry must be with that person's permission, but if refused would be a contempt of court). Used in extreme cases when a prospective defendant might destroy documents, especially computer files, if they knew a court case was coming.

Etymology

Named after the 1976 British case of Anton Piller KG v Manufacturing Processes Limited, a leading case on the issuance of such orders (Anton Piller KG, the plaintiff and party requesting the order, was a German manufacturing firm).

Inflected Forms

Anton Piller orders (plural)

Synonyms

search order

Questions

What does anton piller order mean?
A court order allowing a plaintiff to go to someone's premises and seize documents (entry must be with that person's permission, but if refused would be a contempt of court). Used in extreme cases when a prospective defendant might destroy documents, especially computer files, if they knew a court case was coming.
Where does anton piller order come from?
Named after the 1976 British case of Anton Piller KG v Manufacturing Processes Limited, a leading case on the issuance of such orders (Anton Piller KG, the plaintiff and party requesting the order, was a German manufacturing firm).

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