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court order vs divestiture

divestiture vs court order

court order and divestiture both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
court order Yes No No No
divestiture Yes No No No
As nouns, divestiture is a hyponym of court order; that is, divestiture is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than court order:
  • court order: a writ issued by a court of law requiring a person to do something or to refrain from doing something
  • divestiture: an order to an offending party to rid itself of property; it has the purpose of depriving the defendant of the gains of wrongful behavior
Other hyponyms of court order include execution, writ of execution, gag order, garnishment, interdict, interdiction.
court order (noun) divestiture (noun)
a writ issued by a court of law requiring a person to do something or to refrain from doing something the sale by a company of a product line or a subsidiary or a division
an order to an offending party to rid itself of property; it has the purpose of depriving the defendant of the gains of wrongful behavior
Difference between court order and divestiture

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