Definition (English):A command, direction, or instruction. See MA::-;DATE (1). 2. A written direction or command delivered by a court or judge.• The word generally embraces final decrees as well as interlocutory directions or commands. - Also termed court order:]udicial order. See MANDAMUS. [Cases: Federal Civil Procedure Motions C::>46.J "An order is the mandate or determination of the court upon some subsidiary or collateral matter arising in an action, not disposing of the merits, but adjudicating a preliminary point or directing some step in the proceedings." 1 Henry Campbell Black, A Treatise on the Law ofJudgments § 1, at 5 (2d ed. 1902). "While an order may under some circumstances amount to ajudgment, they must be distinguished, owing to the different consequences flowing from them, not only in the matter of enforcement and appeal but in other respects, as, for instance, the time within which proceedings to annul them must be taken. Rulings on motions are ordinarily orders rather than judgments. The class of judgments and of decrees formerly called interlocutory is included in the definition given in [modern codes] of the word 'order.'''
Definition (Spanish):1. Gral. Forma que revisten algunas decisiones administrativas, como las dictadas por un ministro o un consejero autonomico. 2. Gral. Relación de asuntos. 3. Gral. Mandato dictado por una autoridad judicial o administrativa. 4. Preferencia, preeminencia, jerarquía. (Acepciones 5 y 6 tienen que ver con usos militares y bursátiles).
Comments:Note that definitions for different types of 'orders' cover more than two pages of Black's.