order-in-council

See also: order in council

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Noun

order-in-council (plural orders-in-council)

  1. (law) In some Commonwealth parliamentary systems, a legally-enforceable decree by the executive branch of a government.
    • 2007 October 12, Robert Benzie, Rob Ferguson, “Job One: A new holiday”, in Toronto Star, page A1:
      Ontario's ninth statutory holiday was approved with an order-in-council. […] The document needs only to have two cabinet signatures.

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