...th according to directions given by a person in authority 奉某人之命; 按某人的指示 *by order of the Governor 奉总督之命 * by order of the court 依据法庭指令. call sb/sth to order => call2.
Following his arrival the duke was presented with the insignia of a Companion oftheOrderof Canada and Commander oftheOrderof Military Merit bytheGovernor General of Canada, David Johnston.
Ten years earlier, Bill Clinton, then a presidential candidate, had burnished his law-and-order credentials by letting the execution of a retarded man go ahead in Arkansas, where he was governor.