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Noun: gagging order
Usage: Brit (N. Amer: gag order)
  1. (law) a court order restricting information or comment by the participants involved in a lawsuit
    "imposing a gagging order on members of the press violates the First Amendment";
    - gag order, gag

Derived forms: gagging orders

Type of: court order

Encyclopedia: Gagging order