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What is a court order?

What is a court order? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  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.
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In 2002, her mother was charged with abduction and a court order banned her from taking the youngster out of the country.
The court order was soon breached on several occasions and now bailiffs have carried out evictions at both houses.
If it is not vacated by today, the council will seek a court order to send in bailiffs.
Posters and leaflets are being distributed at Oldhams estate to publicise the terms of a court order banning the boy from terrorising residents.
He was jailed three times for repeatedly flouting a court order banning him from the estate.
Civil contempt at common law consists largely in disobeying a judgment or a court order.

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