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court-order

court-order verb: to place a court order upon.

Verb

court-order (third-person singular simple present court-orders, present participle court-ordering, simple past and past participle court-ordered)

  1. To place a court order upon
    • Court ordered people who don't have enough money to buy their freedom.1990 February 4, Cindy Lanane, “With The Confidence Other Women Have Given Me”, in Gay Community News, volume 17, number 29, page 14

Forms of court-order

third-person singular presentcourt-orders
present participlecourt-ordering
past participlecourt-ordered
pastcourt-ordered

Questions about court-order

What does court-order mean?
Court-order means to place a court order upon.
What part of speech is court-order?
Court-order is a verb.
What is the past tense of court-order?
The past tense of court-order is court-ordered.

Words near court-order in the dictionary

  1. court-martialing
  2. court-martialled
  3. court-martialling
  4. court-martials
  5. court-noué
  6. court-order
  7. court-ordered
  8. court-ordering
  9. court-orders
  10. court-packing
  11. court-ridden

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