orders

from Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856)
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. 
    

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