Third-person singular simple present indicative form of order

A ranking of items by a chosen attribute, especially a sequential hierarchy of nominal importance of people in royal courts and in governments.

(law) A court order allowing a plaintiff to go to someone's premises and seize documents (entry must be with that person's permission, but if refused would be a contempt of court). Used in extreme cases when a prospective defendant might destroy documents, especially computer files, if they knew a court case was coming.

The sequence of a collection of items (such as words in a dictionary) arranged in order by position in the alphabet.

(zoology) The natural hierarchy of social status and dominance occurring in a group of birds.

(cricket) the batsmen who bat in the first few positions

(law) An archaic practice by which a person accused of a crime could prove his innocence by his survival of physically painful tests.

(Ireland, colloquial) The Restrictive Practices (Groceries) Order 1987, a law that (until revoked in 2006) prohibited below-cost selling.

(business, management) A description of changes to be made to a work order that describes the new work to be done (and any modifications) and the price to be paid for this new work.

Teutonic Knights / A decoration awarded by the Nazi Party