POINT OF ORDER Definition & Meaning

point of order

noun

Parliamentary Procedure.

a question raised as to whether proceedings are in order, or in conformity with parliamentary law.

point of order

noun

a question raised in a meeting or deliberative assembly by a member as to whether the rules governing procedures are being breached

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51�Թ� History and Origins

Origin of point of order¹

First recorded in 1745–55

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Ross then raised another point of order, asked the presiding officer what opportunities he would have to raise the issue as she had "refused" his party's previous requests for questions in the chamber.

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Other shirts will bear Crockett phrases such as “to be clear,” “y’all spin, spin, spin,” and “point of order, I just want to clarify.”

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Growing restless, her Republican colleagues called multiple times for a “point of order,” interrupting her speech to ask how it pertained to the matter at hand — the 1864 abortion law.

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Ms Fox added that Ms Abbott could have used a parliamentary move - called a point of order - to speak immediately after Prime Minister's Questions.

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The Labour MP raised a point of order after the Autumn Statement naming James Cleverly, and said the audio had been "checked and checked and checked again".

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