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