All 5 Uses of
ordinance
in
Do You Speak American?
- ; "Banning English Divisive Measure"; "Hot in Any Language"; "Town's Ordinance a Step Backwards"; "Small Town News Can Grow Big and Ugly"; "Texas Town Makes Spanish Official, Stirs War of Words."†
Chpt 5
- El Cenizo compounded the affront by passing an ordinance that no town official (there were two at the time) had to collaborate with U.S. Immigration authorities or the Border Patrol.†
Chpt 5
- Wall faulted Bush, as governor of Texas, for not taking action, like cutting off state funds, after the El Cenizo ordinance.†
Chpt 5 *
- Now the movement has descended to the municipal level, with a town here or there passing an English-only ordinance, which has little effect.†
Chpt 5
- The result in San Francisco was a transgender protection ordinance.†
Chpt 7
Definitions:
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(1)
(ordinance as in: passed the ordinance) a rule or law -- typically enacted by city government
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(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) meaning too rare to warrant focus:
Much more rarely, ordinance can refer to a religious rite or to an authoritative command.