Definition of Point of order

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


Definition of Point of order

1. Noun. (politics) A motion calling attention to a breach of order of the rules. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Point Of Order

point of accumulation
point of apoapsis
point of articulation
point of contact
point of departure
point of elbow
point of entry
point of fixation
point of honor
point of inflection
point of interest
point of intersection
point of maximal impulse
point of no return
point of order (current term)
point of ossification
point of periapsis
point of pride
point of proximal contact
point of purchase
point of reference
point of regard
point of sail
point of sale
point of view
point out
point projection
point release
point releases

Literary usage of Point of order

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. How Our Laws Are Made: Bicentennial Edition 1789-1989 by Edward F. Willett (1995)
"It is also in order to make a point of order to nongermane Senate matter in the ... If the point of order is sustained, it is then in order for the Chair to ..."

2. Proceedings of the London Mathematical Society by London Mathematical Society (1898)
"Such a set or cluster of ±i (i + 1) points may itself be called a point of order i; we shall therefore call it an i-puint, reserving the term i-fold point ..."

3. Constitution, Jefferson's Manual, and Rules of the House of Representatives by Clarence A. Cannon, United States Congress. House, Thomas Jefferson (1919)
"And the Chair sustains the point of order made by the gentleman from Tennessee ... "Before I go to the point of order I want to make one or two remarks. ..."

4. Journal by Texas Legislature. Senate, Legislature, Texas State Library, Texas (1909)
"Senator Terrell of Bowie made the point of order that rules of the Senate ... Pending discussion on the point of order, Senator Meachum made a further point ..."

5. Introductory Treatise on Lie's Theory of Finite Continuous Transformation Groups by John Edward Campbell (1903)
"We shall prove later that for any transformation of the we shall have If then xj,...,a;° is a point of order h all the functions £jj,... are regular in its ..."

6. Journal by General Assembly, Pennsylvania General Assembly. Senate, Pennsylvania (1906)
"Mr. Sproul submitted the point of order that the subject contemplated in a concurrent ... The President decided the point of order well taken, and ruled the ..."

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