The phrase "a general order of" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to a broad directive or command that applies to a group or situation.
Example: "The manager issued a general order of compliance for all employees to follow the new safety protocols."
Alternatives: "a broad directive of" or "a universal command of".
The rebel command on the field is all but annihilated; there was, Sears tell us, no one left even to issue a general order of retreat.
The anthropologist Clifford Geertz said religion involves "formulating conceptions of a general order of existence," and the theologian Paul Tillich noted that both philosophy and theology share the same "ultimate concern... the ground of our being, that which determines our being or not-being".
As mentioned in the previous answer, the dotted line simply shows a general order of stops on the route.
A general order of the surface energies for different faces of the fcc metals may hold [35], γ{111} < γ{100} < γ{110}.
Seeing the situation was hopeless, Cao Cao then issued a general order of retreat and destroyed a number of his remaining ships before withdrawing.
As shown in the pie chart above each bar in Figure 2, the number of pathways elicited by three different assay systems followed a general order of in vivo repeated treatment > in vivo single dose test > in vitro assay.
Tillson (whose company evolved into Quaker Oats), discovered what the 20-year-old was doing, he used his connections to influence General Adna Chaffee into issuing a general order for the recall of Harrison from the field.
"Believe me, I work hard to earn a dollar," he told Bergquist as the two men pondered one of the more elaborate of the exhibits — a general order relating to the surrender of Cornwallis, signed by George Washington.
But the front doors of the Olympic Center Arena in Lake Placid, N.Y., were locked yesterday because of a general order from Gov. George E. Pataki, and visitors were not allowed inside.
The dotted lines on the map are an approximate route to give you an idea of the general order of stops on the route and the direction of travel.
In an aldohexopyranose, where all hydroxyl groups attached to C-2, C-3, C-4, and C-6 have an equatorial orientation, the general order of reactivity of the OH groups is 6-OH (primary) ≫ 3-OH (secondary) > 2-OH (secondary) > 4-OH (secondary).
