All 3 Uses
ordinance
in
Letter from a Birmingham Jail
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- Thus it is that I can urge men to obey the 1954 decision of the Supreme Court, for it is morally right; and I can urge them to disobey segregation ordinances, for they are morally wrong.†
- Now, there is nothing wrong in having an ordinance which requires a permit for a parade.†
- But such an ordinance becomes unjust when it is used to maintain segregation and to deny citizens the First-Amendment privilege of peaceful assembly and protest.†
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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) Much more rarely, ordinance can refer to a religious rite or to an authoritative command.