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Court Order
A direction issued by a court during the course of proceedings, short of a final judgment or decree.
Detailed Meaning
An order is a formal direction of a court that is not itself a decree — it may dispose of an interlocutory matter (e.g. granting or refusing an interim injunction, fixing a next date, admitting or rejecting an application) without finally determining the rights of the parties in the suit or petition as a whole. Some orders are appealable in their own right (as specified by the applicable procedural code); many are not, and are only open to challenge along with the final decision.
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