Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

court order

Word Rarity Common

Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.15 in modern English

Syllables: court order
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

1

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A legally binding directive issued by a judge or authorized judicial officer that requires an individual or an entity to fulfill or perform specific actions or refrain from certain behaviors.

Example Sentences

"The Reds were raising an awful howl. Andrews, the lawyer, had succeeded in getting a court order to see the arrested men, and of course the prisoners had all declared that the case was a put-up job."

Inflected Forms

court orders (plural)

Questions

What does court order mean?: A legally binding directive issued by a judge or authorized judicial officer that requires an individual or an entity to fulfill or perform specific actions or refrain from certain behaviors.

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