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ORDINANCE , in See also:medieval See also:England, a See also:form of legislation. The ordinance differed from the See also:statute because it did not require the See also:sanction of See also:parliament, but was issued by the See also:sovereign by virtue of the royal See also:prerogative, although, especially during the reign of See also:Edward I., the See also:- KING
- KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
- KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
- KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
- KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
- KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
- KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
- KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
- KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
- KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
- KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
- KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)
king frequently obtained the assent of his See also:council to his ordinances. Dr See also:Stubbs (Const. Hist. vol. ii.) defines the ordinance as " a regulation made by the king, by himself or in his council or with the See also:advice of his council, promulgated in letters patent or in See also:charter, and liable to be recalled by the same authority." But after remarking that " these generalizations do not See also:cover all the instances of the use of ordinance," he adds: " The statute is primarily a legislative See also:act, the ordinance is primarily an executive one." Legislation by ordinance was very See also:common during the reigns of See also:- HENRY
- HENRY (1129-1195)
- HENRY (c. 1108-1139)
- HENRY (c. 1174–1216)
- HENRY (Fr. Henri; Span. Enrique; Ger. Heinrich; Mid. H. Ger. Heinrich and Heimrich; O.H.G. Haimi- or Heimirih, i.e. " prince, or chief of the house," from O.H.G. heim, the Eng. home, and rih, Goth. reiks; compare Lat. rex " king "—" rich," therefore " mig
- HENRY, EDWARD LAMSON (1841– )
- HENRY, JAMES (1798-1876)
- HENRY, JOSEPH (1797-1878)
- HENRY, MATTHEW (1662-1714)
- HENRY, PATRICK (1736–1799)
- HENRY, PRINCE OF BATTENBERG (1858-1896)
- HENRY, ROBERT (1718-1790)
- HENRY, VICTOR (1850– )
- HENRY, WILLIAM (1795-1836)
Henry III. and Edward I. when See also:laws were issued by the king in council or enacted in parliament indifferently. Both were regarded as equally binding, Soon, however, legislation by ordinance aroused the See also:jealousy of parliament, especially when it was found that acts of parliament were altered and their purpose defeated by this means. Consequently in 1389 the See also:Commons presented a See also:petition to King See also:Richard II. asking that no ordinance should be made contrary to the common See also:law, or the See also:ancient customs of the See also:land, or the statutes ordained by parliament. For this and other reasons this form of legislation See also:fell gradually into disuse, becoming obsolete in the 15th See also:century. The See also:modern See also:equivalent of the ordinance is the See also:- ORDER
- ORDER (through Fr. ordre, for earlier ordene, from Lat. ordo, ordinis, rank, service, arrangement; the ultimate source is generally taken to be the root seen in Lat. oriri, rise, arise, begin; cf. " origin ")
- ORDER, HOLY
order in council.
In 1310, when Edward II. was on the See also:throne and England was in a very disturbed See also:condition, a See also:committee of twenty-one bishops, earls and barons was chosen to make certain ordinances for the better See also:government of the See also:country. These men were called ordainers.
In the 17th century the use of the word ordinance was revived, and was applied to some of the See also:measures passed by the See also:Long Parliament, among them the famous self-denying ordinance of 1645. This form was used probably in conformity with the See also:opinion of See also:Sir Edward See also:Coke, who says in his See also:Fourth See also:Institute " an ordinance in parliament wanteth the threefold consent, and is ordained by one or two of them " (i.e. king, lords and commons). The ordinances of the Long Parliament did not, of course, obtain the assent of the king. At the See also:present See also:- TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
- TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
- TIME, STANDARD
time the word ordinance is used to describe a See also:body of laws enacted by a body less than sovereign. For example, the ordinances of See also:Southern See also:Nigeria are issued by the See also:governor of that See also:colony with the assent of his council.
Before 1789 the See also:kings of See also:France frequently issued ordonnances. These were acts of legislation, and were similar to the ordinances of the See also:English kings in medieval times.
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