Ordinance

Ordinance may refer to:

Law

• Ordinance (Belgium), 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
• Ordinance (university), a particular class of internal legislation in a United Kingdom university
• Act of Parliament, in some jurisdictions, such as England when the parliament operated without regal sanction
  • Royal ordinance, see Decree
• By-law, a rule established by an organization to regulate itself
• Local ordinance, a law made by a municipality or other local authority
• Northwest Ordinance, 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
• Self-denying Ordinance, passed by the Long Parliament of England on 3 April 1645

Religion

• Ordinance (Christianity), 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, the process by which one is consecrated

See also

• Land Ordinance (disambiguation)
• Land Reform Ordinance (disambiguation)
• List of Acts and Ordinances of the Parliament of England, 1642 to 1660
• MV Ordinence, a British coaster