Definition of Gag order

1. Noun. A court order restricting information or comment by the participants involved in a lawsuit. "Imposing a gag order on members of the press violates the First Amendment"

Generic synonyms: Court Order
Category relationships: Jurisprudence, Law

Definition of Gag order

1. Noun. (legal) An order issued by a court prohibiting specified persons from discussing a case outside limitations set by the court. ¹

2. Noun. (informal) Any directive from a person in authority prohibiting another person from speaking about a certain thing. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

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Literary usage of Gag order

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. From Harrison to Harding: A Personal Narrative, Covering a Third of a by Arthur Wallace Dunn (1922)
"... Democrats Make the Most of the Extra Session and Pass "Pop-gun" Tariff Bills—Long Public Career of Senator Frye—"Gag" Order Revived—Trouble Breaks Loose ..."

2. The American Year Book: A Record of Events and Progress by Francis Graham Wickware, (, Albert Bushnell Hart, (, Simon Newton Dexter North, William M. Schuyler (1913)
"Repeal of the "Gag" Order.—The President has also shown his interest in ... The "gag" order, originally issued by President Roosevelt and renewed by ..."

3. Mergers and Competition in the Telecommunications Industry: Congressional edited by Orrin G. Hatch (2000)
"The RBOCs' response was to refuse to talk to us without a gag order on the negotiations, forcing us to seek mediation. Recently, with the leadership of the ..."

4. A History of the People of the United States: From the Revolution to the by John Bach McMaster (1906)
"The Speaker ruled that by the adoption of the gag order the House had disposed of the Dover petition. Adams contended that the unfinished business was the ..."

5. The Republican Campaign Textbook by Republican National Committee (U.S.), Republican Congressional Committee (1882)
"These are the striking differences in executing the gag law of 1798 and the gag order of 1841. Sir, wo have all read of the odious law s of Draco and ..."

6. A History of the People of the United States, from the Revolution to the by John Bach McMasters (1906)
"... the gag order the House had disposed of the Dover petition. Adams contended that the unfinished business was the question of receiving; that this was ..."

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