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general order

  1. any of a numbered series of orders under competent authority, including general directives, announcements, etc.
  2. any of the permanent orders giving in general the duties of sentries

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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