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orders-in-council

orders-in-council is the plural 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

Questions about orders-in-council

What is orders-in-council the plural of?
Orders-in-council is the plural of order-in-council.

Words near orders-in-council in the dictionary

  1. orders of symmetry
  2. orders of the day
  3. orders out
  4. orders to show cause
  5. orders up
  6. orders-in-council
  7. ordertype
  8. Orderville
  9. ordes
  10. Ordian
  11. Ordibehesht

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