court order

court order

English

Noun

court order (plural court orders)

1. (law) A written command, issued by a judge, requiring whomever it is served upon to do whatever the order says, under penalty of being held in contempt of court.
   • 1920, Upton Sinclair, 100%: The Story of a Patriot‎:

     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.

Translations

a written command issued by a judge

Arabic: please add this translation if you can Chinese: Mandarin: 法庭命令 (fǎtīng mìnglìng) Czech: soudní příkaz m Dutch: gerechtelijk bevel n, rechterlijk bevel n Esperanto: juĝordono Estonian: kohtuotsus Finnish: oikeuden määräys French: ordonnance judiciaire f Georgian: სასამართლოს განკარგულება (sasamartlos ganḳarguleba), სასამართლო ბრძანება (sasamartlo brʒaneba)

German: Gerichtsbeschluss (de) m Hungarian: bírói végzés, bírósági végzés Italian: please add this translation if you can Japanese: 裁判所命令 (さいばんしょめいれい, saibansho meirei) Korean: please add this translation if you can Portuguese: ordem judicial f Russian: распоряже́ние суда́ n (rasporjažénije sudá) Spanish: orden judicial f Swedish: domstolsbeslut n Vietnamese: please add this translation if you can