"gag order" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-gag order.wav Forms: gag orders [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} gag order (plural gag orders)
  1. (law) An order issued by a court prohibiting specified persons from discussing a case outside limitations set by the court. Categories (topical): Law Related terms: gagging order [UK], suppression order Translations (an order issued by a court): 禁言令 (jìnyánlìng) (Chinese Mandarin), spreekverbod [neuter] (Dutch), suukapulamääräys (Finnish), Redeverbot [neuter] (German), þagnartilskipun [feminine] (Icelandic)
    Sense id: en-gag_order-en-noun-qphAynWZ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 54 46 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 48 52 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 52 48 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 46 54 Topics: law Disambiguation of 'an order issued by a court': 94 6
  2. (informal) Any directive from a person in authority prohibiting another person from speaking about a certain thing. Tags: informal Categories (topical): Directives Translations (any directive from a person in authority prohibiting another person from speaking about a certain thing): 禁言令 (jìnyánlìng) (Chinese Mandarin), suukapulamääräys (Finnish), Redeverbot [neuter] (German), Maulkorb [masculine] (German), Maulkorberlass [colloquial, masculine] (German), Nachrichtensperre [feminine] [journalism, media] (German), ordem de silêncio [feminine] (Portuguese)
    Sense id: en-gag_order-en-noun-2vf9uwKL Disambiguation of Directives: 29 71 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Icelandic translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Portuguese translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 54 46 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 48 52 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 52 48 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 46 54 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 42 58 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 37 63 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 40 60 Disambiguation of Terms with Icelandic translations: 37 63 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 38 62 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 30 70 Disambiguation of 'any directive from a person in authority prohibiting another person from speaking about a certain thing': 6 94

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