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单词 point of order
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point of order
b. The prescribed or customary mode of proceeding in debates or discussions, or in the conduct of deliberative or legislative bodies, as law courts, public meetings, parliament, etc.; conformity with this, as order of business, point of order, not in order, etc.See also out of order at Phrases 4 and sense 12c, and order of the day n. at Phrases 7.
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the mind > attention and judgement > testing > debate, disputation, argument > [noun] > questioning of procedure
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the mind > language > statement > objection > [noun] > an objection > respecting procedure
point of order1473
the mind > language > speech > conversation > [noun] > topic of or subject for conversation or gossip > discussion > mode of proceeding
order1473
the world > action or operation > behaviour > customary or habitual mode of behaviour > [noun] > usual course, condition, etc. > the usual or ordinary way or procedure > as established or accepted > in discussions, etc.
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1473 Acta Dominorum (1839) 26/1 The said alderman..has nocht falȝeit in the proces nor ourdoure of the seruing of the said breif.
1575–6 in J. H. Burton Reg. Privy Council Scotl. (1878) 1st Ser. II. 497 In the maist summar ordour of proces that may be.
1649 Platform Church Discipline (Cambridge Synod) 2 It is not intended to bind apprehensions precisely in point of order or method.
1684 in J. Gilmour & D. Falconer Coll. Decisions Lords of Council (1701) ii. 63 There was in our law no order of discussing or distinction betwixt intrometting tutors and other tutors.
a1751 in Camden Misc. (1969) XXIII. 170 His vanity will make him constantly puzzling our Speaker and our Chairmen of Committees, in points of order, which in reality he will know better than they.
1782 Gentleman's Mag. 52 622 Here the House was all in a roar, to order! to order! On which Mr. Speaker rose.
1817 Parl. Deb. 1st Ser. 1849 Mr. Brougham spoke to order, and submitted, that these were expressions which were not consistent with the decorum and dignity of their proceedings.
1836 C. Dickens Pickwick Papers (1837) i. 4 Immense confusion, and loud cries of ‘chair’ and ‘order’.
1869 A. Todd On Parl. Govt. in Eng. II. iv. 323 The leader of the House of Commons is at liberty to arrange the order of business appointed for government nights as he thinks fit.
1888 J. Bryce Amer. Commonw. II. lxix. 545 Business begins by the ‘calling of the convention to order’ by the chairman of the National Party committee.
1898 Daily News 25 Mar. 2/3 I wish to ask you whether your privilege as Speaker is not limited to excluding questions which transgress order.
1968 F. Exley Fan's Notes (1970) iv. 120 His first order of business, ‘clearing the deadwood’ (twenty thousand employees) from the Central's payroll.
1995 New Statesman & Society 17 Mar. 11/3 Tory back-benchers deluged the Speaker with points of order.
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point of order
point of order n. a query in a formal debate, meeting, etc., as to whether correct procedure is being followed.
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1702 E. Calamy Abridgm. Baxter's Life & Times vii. 135 A Formality or Point of Order is not to be preferr'd before the saving of Mens Souls.
1782 Parl. Reg. 1781–96 V. 46 After some debate on the point of order, respecting the right of reply, claimed by those who had made a motion.
1858 W. M. Thackeray in Harper's Mag. Dec. 137/2 I hope the gentleman will not insist upon the point of order.
1885 Encycl. Brit. XVIII. 312/1 A member may speak once only to any question, except to explain, or upon a point of order, [etc.].
1903 G. B. Shaw Man & Superman iii. 75 The anarchist (rising) A point of order, Mendoza—. Mendoza (forcibly) No, by thunder: your last point of order took half an hour.
1952 Oxf. Junior Encycl. X. 194/1 If a member wishes to raise a ‘point of order’, that is, to suggest that a rule of debate is being broken, he must remain seated and put on a hat to call the attention of the Speaker.
1995 New Statesman & Society 17 Mar. 11/3 Tory back-benchers delayed the speaker with points of order.
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