Ordinance

Not to be confused with Ordnance.

Ordinance may refer to:

Law

• Local ordinance, a law made by a municipality or other local authority
• As acts are called in some jurisdictions, such as England when the parliament operated without regal sanction, and a number of British colonies
• 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

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

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