1. Occurring in the regular course of events; normal; usual.
2. (Of a judge) having jurisdiction by right of office rather than by delegation.
3. (Of jurisdiction) original or immediate, as opposed to delegated.
ordinary, n.
1. Eccles. law. A high-ranking official who has immediate jurisdiction over a specified territory, such as an archbishop over a province or a bishop over a diocese.
2. Civil law. A judge having jurisdiction by right of office rather than by delegation.
3. A probate judge. • The term is used in this sense only in some U.S. states.