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hospital orders

hospital orders is the plural of hospital order.

Meaning of hospital order

Noun

hospital order (plural hospital orders)

  1. A court order requiring an offender who is found not guilty by reason of insanity to be admitted to a psychiatric hospital.
    • Where hospital orders were made, direct admission to hospital from the court was arranged if possible.2002, Robert Harris, David Webb, Mentally Disordered Offenders: Managing People Nobody Owns, →ISBN

Questions about hospital orders

What is hospital orders the plural of?
Hospital orders is the plural of hospital order.

Words near hospital orders in the dictionary

  1. hospital fever
  2. hospital gangrene
  3. hospital gown
  4. hospital gowns
  5. hospital order
  6. hospital orders
  7. hospital pass
  8. hospital passes
  9. hospital pharmacies
  10. hospital pharmacy
  11. Hospital Row

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