court order

Noun
  1. referred to in: jurisprudence, law - the collection of rules imposed by authority
    is a type of: judicial writ, writ - (law) a legal document issued by a court or judicial officer
    subtypes:
    • 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

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