Ordinance may refer to:

Law

Ordinance (Belgium) In Belgium, an ordinance (; ) is a form of legislation passed by the Brussels Parliament in exercise of its Communities, regions and language areas of Belgium, regional competences and by the United Assembly of the Common Community Commission. In ...

, a law adopted by the Brussels Parliament or the Common Community Commission * Ordinance (India), a temporary law promulgated by the President of India on recommendation of the Union Cabinet * Emergency Ordinance (Malaysia), a type of emergency decree under the Constitution of Malaysia * Ordinance (university), 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 **

Self-denying Ordinance The Self-denying Ordinance was passed by the Parliament of England, 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 ot ...

, 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, colloquially known as LegCo, is the Unicameralism, unicameral legislature of Hong Kong. It sits under People's Republic of China, China's "one country, two systems" c ...

; 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 law, legal proclamation, usually issued by a head of state, judge, monarch, royal figure, or other relevant Authority, authorities, according to certain procedures. These procedures are usually defined by the constitution, Legislativ ...

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

Australian Capital Territory The Australian Capital Territory (ACT), known as the Federal Capital Territory until 1938, is an internal States and territories of Australia, territory of Australia. Canberra, the capital city of Australia, is situated within the territory, an ...

and the

Northern Territory The Northern Territory (abbreviated as NT; known formally as the Northern Territory of Australia and informally as the Territory) is an states and territories of Australia, Australian internal territory in the central and central-northern regi ...

, 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), 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 authority. The higher authority, generally a legislature or some othe ...

, 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. Hong Kong In Hong Kong, all laws enacted by the territory's Legislative Council remain to be known as ''Ordinances'' () ...

, 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, 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 denomina ...

, Protestant term for religious ritual *

Ordinance (Latter Day Saints) In the Latter Day Saint movement, an ''ordinance'' is a sacred rite or ceremony that has spiritual and symbolic meanings and act as a means of conveying divine grace. Ordinances are physical acts which signify or symbolize an underlying spir ...

, a religious ritual enacted using priesthood authority * Baptist ordinance, Believer's Baptism and Lord's Supper *

Ecclesiastical ordinances An ordinance or ecclesiastical ordinance is a type of law, legal instrument, or by-law in the canon law of the Catholic Church, the Anglican Communion, and in Calvinism. Each Christian denomination that has a hierarchy tends to need rules and re ...

, 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 in Christianity, consecrated, that is, set apart and elevated from the laity class to the clergy, who are thus then authorized (usually by the religious denomination, denominationa ...

, the process by which one is consecrated

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