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POINT OF ORDER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does point of order mean? 

POINT OF ORDER (noun)
  The noun POINT OF ORDER has 1 sense:

1. a question as to whether the current proceedings are allowed by parliamentary procedureplay

  Familiarity information: POINT OF ORDER used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


POINT OF ORDER (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("point of order" is a kind of...):

order; parliamentary law; parliamentary procedure; rules of order (a body of rules followed by an assembly)


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