order-in-council

noun

In some Commonwealth parliamentary systems, a legally-enforceable decree by the executive branch of a government.

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Meanings

nounorder-in-council (plural orders-in-council)

plural orders-in-council · alternative order in council

  1. lawIn some Commonwealth parliamentary systems, a legally-enforceable decree by the executive branch of a government.

    Ontario's ninth statutory holiday was approved with an order-in-council. […] The document needs only to have two cabinet signatures.

    2007 October 12, Robert Benzie, Rob Ferguson, “Job One: A new holiday”, in Toronto Star, page A1
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