# Causal Ordering

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

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

Listed in [Lexicon terms](https://banes-lab.com/api/records/lexicon.md), after [Arbitrary Reordering](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/arbitrary-reordering.md) and before [Eventual Consistency Safety](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/eventual-consistency-safety.md).

## Category

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

## Required by

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

## Linked from

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