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ordinance — or·di·nance / ȯrd ən əns/ n: an authoritative decree or law; esp: a municipal regulation a zoning ordinance Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996. ordinance … Law dictionary
Ordinance XX — is an legal ordinance of the Government of Pakistan that was promulgated under the regime of General Zia ul Haq and is meant to restrict members of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community from applying certain Islamic terms to their own religious… … Wikipedia
ordinance — or‧di‧nance [ˈɔːdnəns ǁ ˈɔːrdnəns] noun [countable] LAW a law of a city or town that forbids or restricts an activity: • zoning ordinances that prohibit certain businesses from operating near churches * * * ordinance UK US /ˈɔːdɪnəns/ noun [C]… … Financial and business terms
Ordinance — Or di*nance, n. [OE. ordenance, OF. ordenance, F. ordonnance. See {Ordain}, and cf. {Ordnance}, {Ordonnance}.] [1913 Webster] 1. Orderly arrangement; preparation; provision. [Obs.] Spenser. [1913 Webster] They had made their ordinance Of victual … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Ordinance No. 46 — Ordinance No. 46, effective August 23, 1946 was an ordinance issued by the British Military Government in the British Zone in Germany by which, among others, the Prussian Province Schleswig Holstein became a separate Land (state). The full title… … Wikipedia
Ordinance no. 13 — L’Ordinance No. 13, (arrêté no. 13) du Conseil Législatif de l île Maurice, promulgué le 17 décembre 1846, fixa, entre autres, le tarif postal interne comme suit: 2 pence par demie once (14,175 g) pour le courrier rural. 1 penny par… … Wikipédia en Français
ordinance — ordinance, ordnance, ordonnance An ordinance is ‘an authoritative order’, ordnance is ‘a branch of government service dealing with military stores and materials, and ordonnance is ‘a plan or method of literary or artistic competition’ or ‘an… … Modern English usage
ordinance — (n.) c.1300, an authoritative direction, decree, or command (narrower or more transitory than a law), from O.Fr. ordenance (Mod.Fr. ordonnance), from M.L. ordinantia, from L. ordinantem (nom. ordinans), prp. of ordinare put in order (see ORDAIN… … Etymology dictionary
ordinance — canon, precept, *law, rule, regulation, statute … New Dictionary of Synonyms
ordinance — [n] law, rule authorization, canon, code, command, decree, dictum, direction, edict, enactment, fiat, mandate, order, precept, prescript, reg, regulation, ruling, statute, ukase; concept 318 … New thesaurus
ordinance — ► NOUN formal 1) an authoritative order. 2) a religious rite. 3) N. Amer. a by law. ORIGIN Old French ordenance, from Latin ordinare arrange, ordain … English terms dictionary
