to rise to a point of order

  • 1order — 1) In business and trade, making a request to deliver, sell, receive, or purchase goods or services; 2) In the securities and futures trade, instructions to a broker on how to buy or sell. The most common orders in futures markets are market… …

    Financial and business terms

  • 2Rise time — In electronics, when describing a voltage or current step function, rise time (also risetime) refers to the time required for a signal to change from a specified low value to a specified high value. Typically, these values are 10% and 90% of the… …

    Wikipedia

  • 3Rise of the Triad — Rise of the Triad: Dark War Game Manual Art Developer(s) Apogee Software Publisher(s) …

    Wikipedia

  • 4Order of Preachers —     Order of Preachers     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Order of Preachers     As the Order of the Friars Preachers is the principal part of the entire Order of St. Dominic, we shall include under this title the two other parts of the order: the… …

    Catholic encyclopedia

  • 5Order of the Phoenix (organisation) — Order of the Phoenix Harry Potter association Some Order of the Phoenix members in the Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix film adaptation, from left to right: Alastor Moody, Nymphadora Tonks, Sirius Black, Remus Lupin, and Albus Dumbledore …

    Wikipedia

  • 6Rise to Rebellion — is a 2001 book by Jeff Shaara that tells the story of the events leading up to the American Revolution, from the Boston Massacre of 1770, in which Captain Thomas Preston was accused of yelling fire to his troops on the evening of March 5, 1770,… …

    Wikipedia

  • 7Order of Friars Minor —     Order of Friars Minor     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Order of Friars Minor     (Also known as FRANCISCANS.) This subject may be conveniently considered under the following heads:     I. General History of the Order;     A. First Period (1209… …

    Catholic encyclopedia

  • 8point — [point] n. [OFr, dot, prick < L punctum, dot, neut. of punctus, pp. of pungere, to prick (< IE base * peuĝ , *peuk̑, to prick, jab > Ger fichte, spruce tree, L pugil, boxer, pugnus, fist); also < OFr pointe, sharp end < ML puncta… …

    English World dictionary

  • 9Order of Friars Minor (Bibliography) —     Order of Friars Minor (Bibliography)     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Order of Friars Minor (Bibliography)     See ORDER OF FRIARS MINOR.     (1) GENERAL HISTORY OF THE ORDER (SOURCES, ETC.). Note. As elsewhere throughout this article, only… …

    Catholic encyclopedia

  • 10Rise of Nations: Rise of Legends — RoL redirects here. For other uses, see ROL (disambiguation). Rise of Nations: Rise of Legends Developer(s) Big Huge Games …

    Wikipedia