# Causal Ordering

> The requirement that operations be applied in an order consistent with their cause-and-effect relationships.

Record: `lex:causal-ordering`
Kind: constraint
Layer: [Causality Core](https://banes-lab.com/records/layer/causality-core.md)
Canonical: https://banes-lab.com/ontology/lexicon#lex-causal-ordering

## category

- [Causality / Ordering / Distributed Time](https://banes-lab.com/records/lex-category/causality-ordering-distributed-time.md)

## referenced-by

- [Causal Consistency](https://banes-lab.com/records/arch/causal-consistency.md)