order in council

noun

(in Britain and various other Commonwealth countries) a decree of the Cabinet, usually made under the authority of a statute: in theory a decree of the sovereign and Privy Council

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Historical Examples of order in council

Transferred to the Dominion by an Imperial order-in-council, Sept. 1, 1880.
The Makers of Canada: Index and Dictionary of Canadian History
Various
These articles had been confirmed by an order-in-council, on May 6th, 1628, at La Rochelle.
The Makers of Canada: Champlain
N. E. Dionne
It was such trading ventures as this that the British order-in-council doomed.
Jefferson and his Colleagues
Allen Johnson
His proceedings at Washington were to be treated as unofficial, and no order-in-council passed.
George Brown
John Lewis
Accordingly an order-in-council was issued, allowing a vessel built in Holland to be used, and providing for its naturalization.
The History of the British Post Office
Joseph Clarence Hemmeon