Military order may refer to:
Orders
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Military order (religious society)
A military order ( la, militaris ordo) is a Christian religious society of knights. The original military orders were the Knights Templar, the Knights Hospitaller, the Order of Saint James, the Order of Calatrava, and the Teutonic Knights. ...
, confraternity of knights originally established as religious societies during the medieval Crusades for protection of Christianity and the Catholic Church
Military organisation and terms
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Military order (instruction)
A military command or order is a binding instruction given by a senior rank to a junior rank in a military context. Not all senior ranks in all military have the right to give an order to all lower ranks. George Breckenridge Davis, ''A Treatis ...
, including an individual command by an armed forces officer to a person under his command
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General order
A general order, in military and paramilitary organizations, is a published directive, originated by a commander and binding upon all personnel under his or her command. Its purpose is to enforce a policy or procedure unique to the unit's situatio ...
, a published directive originated by a commander of a military organization
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Operations order
Operation or Operations may refer to:
Arts, entertainment and media
* ''Operation'' (game), a battery-operated board game that challenges dexterity
* Operation (music), a term used in musical set theory
* ''Operations'' (magazine), Multi-Ma ...
, an executable plan that directs a unit on how to conduct a military operation
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Close order drill, a form of military parade for ceremonial purposes
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Martial law
Martial law is the imposition of direct military control of normal civil functions or suspension of civil law by a government, especially in response to an emergency where civil forces are overwhelmed, or in an occupied territory.
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, order and security maintained by the military when government or civilian authorities fail to function effectively
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Military justice
Military justice (also military law) is the legal system (bodies of law and procedure) that governs the conduct of the active-duty personnel of the armed forces of a country. In some nation-states, civil law and military law are distinct bod ...
or military law, a body of laws and procedures governing members of the armed forces
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Order (honour)
An order is a visible honour awarded by a sovereign state, monarch, dynastic house or organisation to a person, typically in recognition of individual merit, that often comes with distinctive insignia such as collars, medals, badges, and sashes ...
, a designation of merit awarded by a government, dynastic house, sovereign or organization to an individual
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