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search order

British

noun

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

From BBC • Nov. 4, 2024

A Section 60 stop and search order has been authorised for Merton and Wandsworth areas.

From BBC • Nov. 3, 2020

In December, CoStar obtained a civil search order in the Philippines.

From Washington Post • Jul. 10, 2017

He pursued them over money he believes was mis-spent at the club – they deny it – and exhumed the texts via a search order of computers and phones.

From The Guardian • Aug. 22, 2014

A domicillary search order, in those days, conferred full powers on those in authority, and Juliette might at any moment now be peremptorily ordered to rise.

From I Will Repay by Orczy, Emmuska Orczy, Baroness

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