What is Court order?
[[File:Tablet in Akkadian recording a court order to settle an account concerning barley, Uruk, 544 BC, clay - Oriental Institute Museum, University of Chicago - DSC07092.JPG|thumb|right|250px|{{Center|An ancient court order dated 544 [[BC]]}}]] A '''court order''' (or '''order''') is a [[formal]] [[Writing|written]] direction by a member of the [[judiciary]]. It directs a party to do something.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.thefreedictionary.com/court+order |title=Court Order |publisher=The Free Dictionary/Farlex |access-date=18 November 2015}}</ref> It can also be an order not to do something, as in an [[injunction]].<ref>''Dictionary of Law'', Second Edition, ed. Peter Hodgson Collin (Chicago: Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers; Middlesex: Peter Collin Publishing, Ltd., 1999), p. 61</ref> An order can be as simple as setting a date for [[trial (law)|trial]]. They can also be [[Wikt:complex|complex]] involving many details. It may be a final order (one that concludes the court action), or an [[Wikt:interim|interim]] order (one during the action). Most orders are written, and are signed by the judge. Some orders, however, are spoken orally by the judge in open court, and are only reduced to writing in the [[Transcript (law)|transcript]] of the proceedings. == Examples == The following represents a small sampling of matters that are commonly dictated by the terms of a court order: *[[Restraining order]] {{flagicon|US}} {{flagicon|UK}} *Temporary protective order {{flagicon|US}} {{flagicon|Ireland}} *Emergency protective order {{flagicon|US}} *[[Search warrant]] {{flagicon|US}} {{flagicon|UK}} *[[Divorce]] decree {{flagicon|US}} *[[Child custody]] {{flagicon|US}} {{flagicon|UK}} *[[Child support]] {{flagicon|US}} *[[Lawsuit]] rulings {{flagicon|US}} *Criminal sentences {{flagicon|US}} *Court dates {{flagicon|US}} *[[Equitable remedy]] {{flagicon|US}} {{flagicon|UK}} *[[Stay of execution]] {{flagicon|US}} == References == {{reflist}} {{commons}} [[Category:Legal terms]] {{stub}}