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Standing order   /stˈændɪŋ ˈɔrdər/   Listen
Standing order

noun
1.
A rule of order permanently in force.





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"Standing order" Quotes from Famous Books



... of these poor people was indeed serious. The standing order on the Rock was that every inhabitant, even in time of peace, should have in store six months' provisions; but the order had never been enforced, and few of them had any supplies of consequence. As ...
— Held Fast For England - A Tale of the Siege of Gibraltar (1779-83) • G. A. Henty
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... almost said religiously—keep away from prayers. Lest I should appear to do injustice, I may say that the leaders of the Opposition are just as ungodly, and for precisely the same reason; their seats also are secured to them by standing order; and, accordingly, they also never enter the House until its devotions for the day are over. There was just one exception to this. For some reason best known to himself, Sir John Gorst (he is usually at variance with his friends) had come down early on June 28th, and was in his place ...
— Sketches In The House (1893) • T. P. O'Connor
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... amend any such legislative proposal by altering the amount of a charge, or its incidence, duration, mode of assessment, levy or collection, or the administration or application of money raised by such a charge.[152] These rules, although not embodied in any law or standing order, were through centuries so generally observed in the usage of the two houses that they became for all practical purposes, a part of the constitutional system—conventional, it is true, but none the less binding. From their observance it resulted ...
— The Governments of Europe • Frederic Austin Ogg
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... term of Victorian politics. It was a new Standing Order introducing what has since been called the Closure, and was first moved in the Victorian Legislative Assembly on ...
— A Dictionary of Austral English • Edward Morris
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... you lubber? cried Benjamin, with a very unbecoming heat for an officer on the eve of battle how should you know, you grampus? Havent I sailed aboard of the Boadishy for five years? and wasnt it a standing order to fire low, and to hull your enemy! Keep silence at your guns, boys and mind the order ...
— The Pioneers • James Fenimore Cooper
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