Ordinance
A law passed by a municipal government of a city, town, village to establish rules and regulations affecting people or areas of a specific locality.
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Ordinance: A law passed by a local or municipal government.
Ordinary Course of Business: Conduct of business within normal commercial customs and usages.
Original Jurisdiction: The first court to which a legal dispute is referred.
Ordinance: A law passed by a local or municipal government.
Original Jurisdiction: The first court to which a legal dispute is referred.
Outside Air Temperature: The temperature just outside the aircraft.
Ordinance - A rule established by authority; may be a municipal statute of a city council, regulating such matters as zoning, building, safety, matters of municipality, etc.
Ordinance - A law adopted by a town or city council, county board of supervisors or other municipal governing board.
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This term is in disuse in many jurisdictions and the words "regulations" or "bylaws" are preferred.
ORDINANCE
An executive decision of a government which has not been subjected to a legislative assembly (contrary to a statute). It is often detailed and not, as would be a statute, of general wording or application.
Ordinance: A local law; a law passed by a legislative body of a city or township or other local government; a statute; a rule.
Ordinary: Usual; normal, as opposed to extraordinary.
ordinance
n. a statute enacted by a city or town.
ordinary
adj. regular, customary and continuing, and not unusual or extraordinary, as in ordinary expense, ordinary handling, ordinary risks or ordinary skill.
ORDINANCE - A law passed by a city, town, parish or county legislative body. Ordinances are of lower significance and reach than state statutes, which control the law across an entire state.
ordinance - A written law enacted by the legislative body of a county, city, or town.
original jurisdiction - The court in which a matter must first be filed.
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Ordinance - A law adopted by the governing body of a municipality or county.
Overrule - A judge's decision not to allow an objection. Also, a decision by a higher court finding that a lower court decision was in error.
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ordinance Usually refers to a law enacted by a city or county, as distinguished from a statute, which is enacted by the state legislature.
original The first version of a document, as distinguished from a copy.
ORDINANCE, legislation. A law, a statute, a decree.
2. This word is more usually applied to the laws of a corporation, than to the acts of the legislature; as the ordinances of the city of Philadelphia.
Ordinance:
The local legislation of a city, town, village or county written by the local legislative body.
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ordinance: A regulation made by a local government to enforce, control, or limit certain activities.
Ordinance
An executive decision of a government which is often detailed and not, as would be a statute, of general wording or application. Unlike a statute, it has not been subjected to a legislative assembly.
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A law adopted by some cities or towns with desirable vistas - such as those in the mountains or overlooking the ocean - that protects a property owner from having his or her view obstructed by growing trees.
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This ordinance was clearly aimed at Chinese businesses because Chinese laundries were invariably located in wooden buildings. The law followed several other attempts by San Francisco to discourage Chinese settlement.
Zoning Ordinances
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Rules and ordinances made by a corporation for its own government.
The power to make by-laws is usually conferred by express terms of the charter creating the corporation, though, when not expressly granted, it is given by implication, ...
Set Back Ordinance
Regulates the distance from the lot line to the point where improvements may be constructed.
A city ordinance is not a law in this sense. Natural law, or law of nature. The rule of human action prescribed by the Creator, and discoverable by the light of reason. 1 Bl. Com. xxiv, 39-43. Organic law.
Related Terms: Ordinance, By-Law, Rules of Court, Statutes, Law
A regulation is essentially a law but which draws its life not from the decision of a legislative assembly directly but indirectly.
these ordinances or Articles of War remained almost the sole authority for the enforcement of discipline until 1689, when the first Mutiny Act was passed and the military forces of the crown were brought under the direct control of parliament.
Green River ordinance - Type of local licensing law which protects persons from unwanted peddlers and salespersons who call on homes and business establishments.
most jurisprudents adhered to natural law, which maintained that sound legal doctrine was derivable only from a supposed law of nature established by divine ordinance.
Admiralty Jurisdiction of High Courts Ordinance, 1980 (Ordinance XLII of 1980), it still follows English case laws.
1 a : to partition (as a city or town) by ordinance into sections reserved for different purposes (as residence or business) ...
Public law - That law such as traffic ordinances or zoning ordinances which applies to the public.
Public defender - Government lawyer who provides free legal defense services to a poor person accused of a crime.
UKAAS, or UKASE.
The name of a law or ordinance emanating from the czar of Russia. ... more
ULLAGE,
com. law. When a cask is gauged, what it wants of being full is called ullage. ... more ...
Blue Law A statute or ordinance that forbids or regulates an activity, such as the sale of liquor on Sundays.
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Quasi-criminal action A classification of actions such as violation of a city ordinance that is not also violation of a criminal statute, which are wrongs against the public punishable through fines but are not usually indictable offenses.
grandfather clause
n. 1) a clause in a statute or zoning ordinance (particularly a c...
grandfathered in
adj. refers to continued allowed use of property as it was when r...
Variance
A modification of zoning ordinance regulations to permit the use of property in a manner otherwise forbidden, when such variance will not be contrary to the public interest.
Ohio is what is commonly known as a "pre-emption state" in that local governments are "pre-empted" from enacting ordinances in contradiction of general state law.
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traffic court : a local court having limited jurisdiction over violation of statutes, ordinances, and regulations governing the use of roads and motor vehicles ...
Traffic violations are a mix of regulatory and penal (criminal) offenses based on violations of state statutes and city ordinances relating to the operation of vehicles, ...
Delinquent: In civil or family cases, failing to pay an amount of money when due: In juvenile cases, a child who violated a law, local ordinance, or an order of the Superior Court.
Section of the brief that shows the exact language from the authorities that you rely on in your brief. This includes the important statutes, regulations, constitutional provisions, court rules, or ordinances.
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the "right to drive" is a privilege, which is governed by the individual states. Traffic violations are a mix of regulatory and penal (criminal) offenses based on violations of state statutes and city ordinances relating to the operation of vehicles.
A complaint in a criminal action is a written accusation (under oath or upon affirmation) that a felony, misdemeanor, or ordinance violation has been committed and probable cause exists that the named person is guilty of the offense.
A disappointed applicant who thinks the decision-making process is unconstitutional might hold his parade anyway and challenge the ordinance after heâEâ"¢s cited; or he might ask a court beforehand to rule on the constitutionality of the law.
Legislation, primary Any Act of Parliament, provincial Act, ordinance, statute, decree, order, or any other type of original legislation.
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