search order

British  

noun

1. Former name: Anton Piller order.  an injunction allowing a person to enter the premises of another to search for and take copies of evidence required for a court case, used esp in cases of infringement of copyright

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Example Sentences

A search order was issued on an address in Polegate and the stolen collectible was found, police said.

From BBC

A few extra days off will have no impact on our ability to search, order and buy, as well as receive deliveries.

From BBC

It was seized pursuant to a search order when he left a restaurant on Wednesday — a day in which federal agents around the country delivered subpoenas, executed search warrants and interviewed witnesses in a significant expansion of the criminal probes surrounding the Jan. 6, 2021, attack.

From Washington Post

For example, in a 1761 case concerning the issuance of a writ of assistance — a kind of generalized and practically unlimited search order — in Massachusetts, the lawyer James Otis Jr. urged the state superior court to nullify the act of Parliament that authorized the writ in question.

From New York Times

A Section 60 stop and search order has been authorised for Harrow and will expire at 10:49 on Monday, the Met said.

From BBC