Ordinance, may be purely administrative in nature, establishing offices, prescribing duties, or setting salaries; it may have to do with the routine or procedure of the governing body. Or it may be a governmental exercise of the power to control the conduct of the public establishing rules which must be complied with, or prohibiting certain actions or conduct. In any event it is the determination of the sovereign power of the state as delegated to the municipality. It is a legislative enactment, within its sphere, as much as an act of the State legislature, Municipal Ordinances, Judith O' Gallagher, 1A, 01 at 3 (2nd Edn., 1998).
Ordinance, law, rule, prescript. The precise distinction between an Ordinance and an Act of Parliament is a subject of controversy between learned authors: see Co. Litt. 159 b, and Mr. Hargreaves' note thereto.
The name generally given to laws made by the Governor with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council or Court in Colonies where representative assemblies do not exist. See also. L. E., sub tit. 'Dependencies,' etc.
Means an authoritative law or decree; esp., a municipal regulation. Municipal governments can pass ordinances on matters that the state government allows to be regulated at the local level. Also termed by law: municipal ordinance, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 1125