The phrase "a prior order" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in legal or formal contexts to refer to an order that was issued before the current one being discussed.
Example: "The court's decision was based on a prior order that established the terms of the agreement."
Alternatives: "an earlier order" or "a previous order".
After Bellevue, Mr. Troy went to his parents' home in Hicksville, N.Y., where his mother had a prior order of protection against him.
It is often difficult to determine whether a party behaved reasonably without a prior order specifying what reasonable conduct entails in the circumstances.
Some of the instances to which we are referred are situations which we have discussed in connection with goods delivered pursuant to a prior order, contract, or understanding.
Subsection (1) thereof requires application to a judge of competent jurisdiction for a prior order of approval, and states in detail the information required in such application.
The new executive order, which was signed on March 6, 2017, amends a prior order that was struck down by the courts in February following a series of lawsuits around the country.
To secure a conviction, the only evidence prosecutors needed was a prior order of deportation.
The decrease in albumin ordering was consistent with data prior to intervention showing that 19.6% of albumin orders were repeats within one day of a prior result and 29.9% were repeats within one week of prior order in a nine month period spanning 2009 2010.
Compared with patients whose DNR orders were written during hospitalization, those with a prior DNR order had significantly lower 30-day post-admission mortality rates (31.3% vs 41.6% ; P = 0.001) and significantly lower adjusted odds of dying during this high-risk period (OR = 0.68; 95% CI 0.48, 0.95).
The re-insertion of edges for each node is done with no prior order, using a greedy approach.
Fluconazole prophylaxis was defined as having: a low dose of fluconazole (200 to 400 mg) prior to positive BCx for Candida with no prior order for a loading dose of fluconazole or other therapeutic antifungal agent; and a known indication for prophylaxis including neutropenia, ICU exposure, or history of organ transplantation.
Patients with a prior DNR order were less likely to have developed a STEMI than those who had a DNR order written during hospitalization.
