Point of Order - Definition and Overview

A Point of Order is a matter raised during a debate concerning the rules of debating themselves. Most Parliamentary and debating systems allow points of order to be raised if the rules have been broken, thus interrupting the debate itself. The point is resolved before the debate continues

Until recently in the British House of Commons it was required that a member raising a point of order while the House is voting be wearing a hat, and two hats were kept in the House for such occasions. This practice has now been abolished.

Point of Order is also the title of a 1964 documentary film.