Order-in-council

Alternative forms

• order in council

Full definition of order-in-council

Noun

1. In some Commonwealth parliamentary systems, a legally-enforceable decree by the executive branch of a government.
• 2007, Robert Benzie and Rob Ferguson, "Job One: A new holiday," Toronto Star, 12 Oct., p. A1,Ontario's ninth statutory holiday was approved with an order-in-council. . . . The document needs only to have two cabinet signatures.