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ordinance<\/span>:<\/span><\/strong>
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1. An authoritative law or decree; specifically, a municipal regulation, especially one that forbids or restricts an activity.\u00a0 *\u00a0 Municipal governments can pass ordinances on matters that the state government allows to be regulated at the local level.\u00a0 A municipal ordinance carries the state\u2019s authority and has the same effect within the municipality\u2019s limits as a state statute.<\/strong> \u2013 aka bylaw<\/strong><\/em><\/span>; municipal ordinance<\/span><\/strong><\/em>. [1]
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1. The act of the legislative body of a municipal corporation<\/a>.\u00a0 A local law of a municipal corporation<\/a>, of a general and permanent nature. 37 Am J1st Mun Corp \u00a7 142<\/span>.\u00a0 <\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

A bylaw of a municipal corporation<\/a>. 37 Am J1st Mun Corp \u00a7 142<\/span>.\u00a0 <\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

A rule established for and in a municipal corporation<\/a> by authority. State ex rel. Maxey v Swindell<\/em>, 146 Ind 527, 45 NE 700<\/span>. <\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

In a broader sense, a rule estab<\/span><\/strong>lished by authority. State v Swindell<\/em>, 146 Ind 527, 45 NE 700<\/span>; Kepner v Commonwealth<\/em>, 40 Pa 124, 130<\/span>.<\/strong>
\n<\/span>See Northwest Ordinance of 1787<\/em>. [2]<\/span><\/p>\n

1. A law of a municipal corporation<\/a>; a local law enacted by a city council, town council, board of supervisors, or the like.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

2. A rule established by authority.<\/strong> [3]<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Excerpt from Eugene McQuillin’s A Treatise on the Law of Municipal Ordinances<\/em><\/a> (1904):<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u201cLocal laws of a municipal corporation<\/a>,\u00a0<\/span><\/strong>duly enacted by the proper authorities, prescribing general, uniform and permanent rules of conduct, relating to the corporate affairs of the municipality, are, in this country, genera y designated as ordinances.\u00a0 \u2018By-laws\u2019 or \u2018bye-laws\u2019 was the original designation.\u00a0 In England and in a few states such local laws are so named, the prefix \u2018by\u2019 or \u2018bye\u2019 signifying the place of habitation or local community with defined limits.\u00a0 The words \u2018by-laws\u2019 and \u2018ordinances\u2019 are often used interchangeably in statutes and charters, as that upon \u2018the passage of any by-law or ordinance,\u2019 the yeas and nays shall be called and recorded.\u00a0 Occasionally the general term ordinance is used in a broad sense, so as to embrace municipal charters and statutes relating to the government of the municipality<\/a>.\u00a0 However, such use is inaccurate, for ordinances are not, in the constitutional sense, public laws, but mere local regulations or by-laws, operating in a particular locality.<\/span>\u201d<\/strong> [4]
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\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Excerpt from 1 Judith O’Gallagher, Municipal Ordinances<\/em><\/a>\u00a0\u00a7 1A.01, at 3 (2d ed.1998):<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u201cAn ordinance . . . may be purely administrative in nature, establishing offices, prescribing duties, or setting salaries; it may have to do with the routine or procedure of the governing body. \u00a0 Or it may be a governmental exercise of the power to control the conduct of the public establishing rules which must be complied with, or prohibiting certain actions or conduct. \u00a0 In any event it is the determination of the sovereign power of the state as delegated to the municipality<\/a>.\u00a0 It is a legislative enactment, within its sphere, as much as an act of the state legislature.<\/span>\u201d<\/strong> [5]<\/span><\/p>\n

References:<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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[1]: Black\u2019s Law Dictionary\u00a0Deluxe Tenth Edition\u00a0by Henry Campbell Black & Editor in Chief Bryan A. Garner<\/a>. ISBN: 978-0-314-62130-6<\/b><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

[2]: Ballantine\u2019s Law Dictionary\u00a0<\/a><\/b><\/span><\/strong>with Pronunciations
\n<\/b><\/span><\/em>Third Edition<\/b><\/span><\/strong><\/a>\u00a0by James A. Ballantine\u00a0<\/b><\/span><\/strong>(James Arthur 1871-1949).\u00a0\u00a0<\/b><\/span><\/em>Edited by William S. Anderson.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a9 1969 by THE LAWYER\u2019S CO-OPERATIVE PUBLISHING COMPANY.\u00a0 Library of Congress Catalog Card No. 68-30931<\/b><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

[3]:\u00a0\u00a0Ballantine\u2019s Law Dictionary <\/a><\/b><\/span><\/strong>Legal Assistant Edition<\/b><\/span><\/a><\/em>
\nby Jack Ballantine\u00a0<\/b><\/span><\/strong>(James Arthur 1871-1949).\u00a0\u00a0<\/b><\/span><\/em>Doctored<\/b><\/span><\/a><\/strong>\u00a0<\/b><\/span><\/em>by\u00a0Jack G. Handler,\u00a0J.D.<\/a>\u00a0\u00a9 1994 Delmar by Thomson Learning.\u00a0 ISBN 0-8273-4874-6.<\/b><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

[4]: Eugene McQuillin, A Treatise on the Law of Municipal Ordinances<\/em><\/a> 2-3 (1904) (citation omitted).<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

[5]: 1 Judith O’Gallagher, Municipal Ordinances<\/em><\/a>\u00a0\u00a7 1A.01, at 3 (2d ed.1998).<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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