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In English law. A statute made, touching matters and causes of the forest, 33 & 84 Edw. … [Read more...] about ORDINANCE OF THE FOREST

To ordain is to make an ordinance, to enact a law. 2. In the constitution of the United States, the preamble. declares that the people do ordain and establish this constitution for the United States of America. The 3d article of the same constitution declares, that the judicial power shall be vested in one supreme court, and in such inferior courts as the congress may from time … [Read more...] about ORDAIN

Lat. The law of procedure, as distinguished from the substantial part of the law. Ordinarius ita dicitur quia habet or dinariam jurisdictionem, in jure pro prio, et non propter deputationem. Co. Litt 96. The ordinary is so called because he has an ordinary jurisdiction in his own right, and not a deputed one. … [Read more...] about ORDINANDI LEX

An ancient superstitious mode of tribal. When in a criminal case the accused was arraigned, be might select the mode of trial either by God and his country, that is, by jury; or by God only, that is by ordeal. 2. The trial by ordeal was either by fire or by water. Those who were tried by the former passed barefooted and blindfolded over nine hot glowing ploughshares; or were to … [Read more...] about ORDEAL

civil and eccles. law. An officer who has original jurisdiction in his own right and not by deputation. 2. In England the ordinary is an officer who has immediate jurisdiction in ecclesiastical causes. Co. Litt. 344. 3. In the United States, the ordinary possesses, in those states where such officer exists, powers vested in him by the constitution and acts of the legislature, … [Read more...] about ORDINARY