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Point of order

noun

A question as to whether the current proceedings are allowed by parliamentary procedure.

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... great debate of the fourteenth of November by saying, 'Sir, I hold in my hand an anonymous slander' - and when the interruption, with which he was at that point assailed by the opposite faction, gave rise to that memorable discussion on a point of order which will ever be remembered with interest by constitutional assemblies. In the animated debate to which we refer, no fewer than thirty-seven gentlemen, many of them of great eminence, including MR. WIGSBY (of Chumbledon Square), were seen ...

— Reprinted Pieces • Charles Dickens

... a similar objection to reception being made by a gentleman from Georgia, (Mr. GLASCOCK,) my colleague (Mr. ADAMS) appealed from a ruling of the Speaker on an incidental point of order; which appeal, and the matters connected with it, have been put off, day after day, and week after week, and still remain suspended for ...

— Speech of Mr. Cushing, of Massachusetts, on the Right of Petition, • Caleb Cushing

Words linked to "Point of order" : order, rules of order, parliamentary law, parliamentary procedure