Order

An informal writing requesting the payment of money, or the delivery of personalty, to the beai-er or to a person named; a direction in writing, granted by a court or judge, requiring or authorizing some act to be done, — in chancery, a decision upon some interlocutory matter; at law, usually the act of a judge at chambers, orders of the court being designated as rules, v. Decretal order; Interlocutory order.