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Standing order   /stˈændɪŋ ˈɔrdər/   Listen
Standing order

noun
1.
A rule of order permanently in force.





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"Standing order" Quotes from Famous Books



... "You have been lucky, but don't get it into your head that this sort of thing happens often. Now, I'm going to give you a standing order. You are not to attack again, neither of you are to think of attacking, during your first month here. As likely as not it would be your luck the next time to meet an old pilot. If you did, I wouldn't give much for your chances. He would outmaneuver you in a minute. You will go out on patrol ...
— High Adventure - A Narrative of Air Fighting in France • James Norman Hall
... of these poor people was indeed serious. The standing order on the Rock was that every inhabitant, even in time of peace, should have in store six months' provisions; but the order had never been enforced, and few of them had any supplies of consequence. As ...
— Held Fast For England - A Tale of the Siege of Gibraltar (1779-83) • G. A. Henty


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


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