order-in-council

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order-in-council

noun orders-in-council · order in council

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.

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@misc{order_in_council_2026,
  title = {order-in-council},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/order-in-council},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}