Ordinance

Ordinance may refer to:

Law

• By-law, a rule established by an organization to regulate itself
• 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

Religion

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

See also

• Ordinances of 1311
• List of Acts and Ordinances of the Parliament of England, 1642 to 1660
• Northwest Ordinance
• MV Ordinence, a British coaster