Both Uses of
ordinance
in
Arrowsmith
- But it chanced, because of the absence of the proper judge, that the case came before an ignorant and honest person who quashed the injunction secured by Mrs. McCandless's lawyer and instructed the Department of Public Health that it might use such methods as the city ordinances provided for emergencies.†
Chpt 24
- Kellett's first triumph in economy was to pass an ordinance removing the melancholy Cockney (a player of oboes) who was the official rat-catcher of St. Hubert.†
Chpt 31 *
Definition:
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(ordinance as in: passed the ordinance) a rule or law -- typically enacted by city government