call to order

call to order  {v. phr.}
1. To open (a meeting) formally.
The chairman called the committee to order.
The president pounded with his gavel to call the convention to order.
2. To warn not to break the rules of a meeting.
The judge called the people in the court room to order when they talked too loud.
Categories: call verb
Source: A Dictionary of American Idioms

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