To buy or sell goods to be delivered by mail

Alternative spelling of order-in-council

In some Commonwealth parliamentary systems, a legally-enforceable decree by the executive branch of a government.

(law, chiefly US) An ordinance issued on the authority of the head of the executive branch of government.

(especially of machinery) The state or condition of being operational or of functioning acceptably.

(religion) An organized community of people who live in some way set apart from society in accordance with their specific religious devotion, usually characterized by the principles of the founder's religious practice.

plural of standing order

A rule of procedure adopted by a governing body for its own internal use. / A request made once for periodic fulfillment.

(law) An order issued by a court of law or other legal authority for a specified timeframe forbidding the restrained party from contacting and close proximity to the protected party and other restrictions, usually banning the possession of arms.

(computer graphics) The order in which objects should be drawn in order to display correctly. / (computer graphics) A property of a graphical object that indicates its position in the z-order.