ARBITRARY
  1. something which is introduced into the situation without regard to the data of the situation. (SH Spec 83, 6612C06)
  2. an order or command introduced into the group in an effort to lay aside certain harm which may befall the group or in an effort to get through a period, fancied or real, of foreshortened time. (NOTL, p. 136)
  3. an order or command which was issued without explanation, and demanded instantaneous action on the part of other members of the group. (NOTL, p. 131)


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