ordinance

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Related topics: Law

1 American EnglishAmESCL a law, usually of a city or town, that forbids or restricts an activity 〔城镇颁布的〕法规，条例

a city ordinance that says parks must be closed at 11 p.m.

规定公园须于夜间11点钟关闭的城市条例

2 RULE/REGULATIONan order given by a ruler or governing organization 〔统治者或统治机构发出的〕法令，法规

a Royal ordinance

敕令，圣旨

Examples from the Corpus

ordinance• But he said the specific cases did help his staff realize what kinds of establishments were not covered by the 1998 ordinance.• Without declaring for or against the coup, Sukarno issued an ordinance stating he had taken over command of the armed forces.• The city's historical commission has been working on such an ordinance for several years with no success.• At this meeting the ministers asserted that their form of Church government was established by divine ordinance.• Edgewater and Oak Hill have ordinances to protect possible archaeological sites from souvenir hunters.• The City states in its briefs that the domestic partners ordinance does not interfere with those statutes.• But the record clearly indicates that ordinance came about primarily due to the efforts of McKasson and Councilman Steve Leal.• The ordinance prohibits the sale of fireworks within city limits.• In practice this ordinance brought about little immediate change because it was introduced piecemeal into various districts.

From Longman Business Dictionary

ordinanceor·di·nance /ˈɔːdənənsˈɔːrdənəns/ noun [countableC]LAW

a law of a city or town that forbids or restricts an activity

zoning ordinances that prohibit certain businesses from operating near churches

Origin ordinance

(1300-1400) Old French ordenance “arranging”, from Latin ordinare; → ORDAIN

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