| NOUN | communication | court order | a writ issued by a court of law requiring a person to do something or to refrain from doing something |
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| Meaning | A writ issued by a court of law requiring a person to do something or to refrain from doing something. | |
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| Category | law, jurisprudence | The collection of rules imposed by authority |
| Narrower | divestiture | An order to an offending party to rid itself of property |
| 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 | |
| Broader | writ, judicial writ | (law) a legal document issued by a court or judicial officer |
| Spanish | auto judicial | |
| Catalan | acte judicial | |
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