Ordinance may refer to:

Law

* Ordinance (Belgium), a law adopted by the Brussels Parliament or the Common Community Commission *

Ordinance (India) Ordinances are laws that are promulgated by the President of India on the recommendation of the Union Cabinet, which will have the same effect as an Act of Parliament. They can only be issued when Parliament is not in session. They enable the I ...

, a temporary law promulgated by the President of India on recommendation of the Union Cabinet *

Ordinance (university) In United Kingdom universities, ordinances, sometimes termed regulations, are detailed legislation that translates the broad principles of the university's charter and statutes. Most UK universities created before 1992 are established by royal ch ...

, a particular class of internal legislation in a United Kingdom university * In England during the Civil War, a law passed by parliament without royal assent; see the

list of ordinances and acts of the Parliament of England, 1642–1660 This is a list of Ordinances and Acts of the Parliament of England from 1642 to 1660, during the English Civil War and the Interregnum. As King Charles I of England would not assent to bills from a Parliament at war with him, decrees of Parliam ...

Self-denying Ordinance The Self-denying Ordinance was passed by the English Parliament on 3 April 1645. All members of the House of Commons or Lords who were also officers in the Parliamentary army or navy were required to resign one or the other, within 40 days fro ...

, passed by the Long Parliament of England on 3 April 1645 * Legislation made by the

Legislative Council of Hong Kong The Legislative Council of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (LegCo) is the unicameral legislature of Hong Kong. It sits under China's " one country, two systems" constitutional arrangement, and is the power centre of Hong Kong ...

; see also

Law of Hong Kong The law of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region has its foundation in the English common law system, inherited from being a former British colony and dependent territory. There are several sources of law, the primary ones being statute ...

* A royal

decree A decree is a legal proclamation, usually issued by a head of state (such as the president of a republic or a monarch), according to certain procedures (usually established in a constitution). It has the force of law. The particular term used for ...

, law promulgated on the monarch's own authority * Delegated legislation for the Australian territories of the

Australian Capital Territory The Australian Capital Territory (commonly abbreviated as ACT), known as the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) until 1938, is a landlocked federal territory of Australia containing the national capital Canberra and some surrounding townships. ...

and the

Northern Territory The Northern Territory (commonly abbreviated as NT; formally the Northern Territory of Australia) is an states and territories of Australia, Australian territory in the central and central northern regions of Australia. The Northern Territory ...

, passed by the Federal Executive Council (these were mostly converted to acts after the territories gained self-government) *

By-law A by-law (bye-law, by(e)law, by(e) law), or as it is most commonly known in the United States bylaws, is a set of rules or law established by an organization or community so as to regulate itself, as allowed or provided for by some higher authorit ...

, a rule established by an organization to regulate itself *

Local ordinance A local ordinance is a law issued by a local government. such as a municipality, county, parish, prefecture, or the like. China In Hong Kong, all laws enacted by the territory's Legislative Council remain to be known as ''Ordinances'' () af ...

, a law made by a municipality or other local authority *

Northwest Ordinance The Northwest Ordinance (formally An Ordinance for the Government of the Territory of the United States, North-West of the River Ohio and also known as the Ordinance of 1787), enacted July 13, 1787, was an organic act of the Congress of the Co ...

, July 13, 1787, an act of the Congress of the Confederation of the United States that created the Northwest Territory *

Ordinance XX Ordinance XX ( ur, آرڈیننس 20) is a legal ordinance of the Government of Pakistan that was promulgated under the regime of General Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq on 26 April 1984 and is meant to prohibit the practice of Islam and the usage of Islamic ...

, a law passed down in Pakistan which prevents Ahmadi Muslims from being identified as Muslims * Ordinances of 1311, a series of regulations imposed upon King Edward II of England * '' Ordonnance'' in French government, a regulation adopted by the executive in a domain normally reserved for statute law

Religion

Ordinance (Christianity) An ordinance is a term used by certain Christian denominations for a religious ritual that was instituted by Jesus for Christians to observe. Examples of ordinances include baptism and the Lord's Supper, both of which are practiced in denomin ...

, Protestant term for religious ritual * Ordinance (Latter Day Saints), a religious ritual enacted using priesthood authority * Baptist ordinance, Believer's Baptism and Lord's Supper * Ecclesiastical ordinances, the bylaws of a Christian religious organization * Ordinance room, place for Latter-day Saint ordinances *

Ordination Ordination is the process by which individuals are Consecration, consecrated, that is, set apart and elevated from the laity class to the clergy, who are thus then authorization, authorized (usually by the religious denomination, denominational ...

, the process by which one is consecrated

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