GAG ORDER

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

A court order restricting information or comment by the participants involved in a lawsuit

Example:

imposing a gag order on members of the press violates the First Amendment

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("gag order" is a kind of...):

court order (a writ issued by a court of law requiring a person to do something or to refrain from doing something)

Domain category:

jurisprudence; law (the collection of rules imposed by authority)