"hospital order" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: hospital orders [plural]
Head templates: {{en-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.
    Sense id: en-hospital_order-en-noun-ULzfn~vG Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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