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order in council

order in council is the alternative spelling of order-in-council.

Meaning of order-in-council

Noun

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

  1. In 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

Forms of order in council

pluralorders in council

Questions about order in council

What is order in council the alternative spelling of?
Order in council is the alternative spelling of order-in-council.

Words near order in council in the dictionary

  1. order books
  2. order consolidation
  3. order consolidations
  4. order form
  5. order in
  6. order in council
  7. order mark
  8. order marks
  9. Order of Australia
  10. order of battle
  11. order of business

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