Ordinance - Law

Law

  • Local ordinance, a law made by a municipality or other local authority
  • Act of Parliament, in some jurisdictions, such as England when the parliament operated without regal sanction, and a number of British colonies
    • Royal ordinance, see Decree
  • Ordonnance (French constitutional law), in French government, a regulation adopted by the executive in a domain normally reserved for statute law
  • Ordinance (Belgium), a law adopted by the Brussels Parliament or the Common Community Commission
  • Ordinance (university), a particular class of internal legislation in a United Kingdom university
  • Ordinance XX, a law passed down in Pakistan which prevents Ahmadi Muslims from being identified as Muslims

In religion:

  • Ordination, the process by which one is consecrated
  • Ecclesiastical ordinances, the bylaws of a Christian religious organization
  • Ordinance (Christian), Protestant term for religious ritual
    • Baptist ordinance, Believer's Baptism and Lord's Supper
  • Ordinance (Latter Day Saints), a religious ritual of special significance
    • Ordinance room, place for Latter Day Saint ordinances

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