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order-in-council en · NOUN
Meanings
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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:
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executive order · Order of Council