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ordering (Ordering)

A Directing in which the receiver is commanded to realize the content of a ContentBearingObject. Orders are injunctions, the disobedience of which involves sanctions, or which express an obligation upon the part of the orderee.

Ontology

SUMO / PROCESSES

Superclass(es)

[tree]
entity
is subclass of
  physical  
is subclass of
  process  
is subclass of
  intentional process  
is subclass of
  social interaction  
is subclass of
  communication  
is subclass of
  linguistic communication  
is subclass of
  directing  
is subclass of
  ordering  

Coordinate term(s)

questioning  requesting 

Related WordNet synsets

command, bid, bidding, dictation
an authoritative direction or instruction to do something
command is kind of (all)...   command is kind of...   kinds of command...   kinds of command (all)...  
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Axioms (1)

If order is an instance of ordering and formula is a patient of order, then the statement formula has the model force of obligation. 
(=>
      (and
            (instance ?ORDER Ordering)
            (patient ?ORDER ?FORMULA))
      (modalAttribute ?FORMULA Obligation))