ordinance
ordinance (or-d[schwa]-n[schwa]nts). An authoritative law or decree; esp., a municipal regulation. • Municipal governments can pass ordinances on matters that the state government allows to be regulated at the local level. — Also termed bylaw; municipal ordinance. [Cases: Municipal Corporations 105. C.J.S. Municipal Corporations §§ 247–251.] “An ordinance … may be purely administrative in nature, […]