ORDERS

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From Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) [bouvier]:

  ORDERS. Rules made by a court or other competent jurisdiction. The formula 
  is generally in those words: It is ordered, &c. 
       2. Orders also signify the instructions given by the owner to the 
  captain or commander of a ship which he is to follow in the course of the 
  voyage.