Definition of "point of order" []

• A question as to whether the present proceedings are in order or allowed by the rules of parliamentary procedure. (noun)

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• "The CHAIR decided that the point of order was badly taken, and that the member from Pittsylvania was in order."
• "They have also shown that women can legislate and administrate and rise to the point of order and lay things on the table in a manner as parliamentary and self-restrained as men."