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ORDONNANCE Definition & Legal Meaning

Definition & Citations:

Fr. In French law, an ordinance; an order of a court; a compilation or systematized body of law relating to a particular subject-matter, as, commercial law or maritime law. Particularly, a compilation of the law relating to prizes and captures at sea. See Coolidge v. Ingiee, 13 .Mass. 43.

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