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What is an ordinance?

What is an ordinance? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. A local law, an edict or decree.
    1. (England) Prior to the Third English Civil War, a decree of Parliament.
    2. (Commonwealth of Nations) Detailed legislation that translates the broad principles of the university's charter and statutes into practical effect.
  2. A religious practice or ritual prescribed by the church.
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A county board of supervisors had the local option to pass an ordinance requiring owners to keep their animals on their own land.
In the ordinance of the Lord's Supper, a beautiful antitype of the table of shewbread is seen.
The ordinance will regulate the services of water supply companies throughout the country.
If simultaneous releases have to be stopped then the government will have to pass an ordinance, he added.
Peddlers and their advocates also drafted a so-called peddler's ordinance to exempt their cries from regulation under the anti-noise ordinance.
The visitability ordinance was introduced by a councilwoman whose daughter uses a wheelchair.

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