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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 [ˈɔːdnəns ǁ ˈɔːrdnəns] 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 17 Victoria Number 7 — Ordinance 17 Victoria Number 7, entitled Ordinance for the Suppression of Violent Crimes Committed by Convicts Illegally at Large, was an ordinance that permitted capital punishment for escaped convicts who committed violent crimes while on the… …   Wikipedia

• Ordinance (Christian) — Ordinance is a Protestant Christian term for baptism, communion and other religious rituals. Some Protestants do not call them sacraments because they believe these rituals are outward expressions of faith, rather than impartations of God s grace …   Wikipedia

• Ordinance (Christianity) — Ordinance is a Protestant Christian term for baptism, communion and other religious rituals. Some Protestants, like the Mennonites[1], do not call them sacraments because they believe these rituals are outward expressions of faith, rather than… …   Wikipedia

• ordinance, ordnance — Ordinance means a regulation, rule, law, or a public injunction or decree: It is a town ordinance to curb your dog. The town council recently debated an ordinance concerning garbage disposal. Ordnance, a shortened form of ordinance, has come to… …   Dictionary of problem words and expressions

• 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