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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How to use order in council in a sentence

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
Transferred to the Dominion by an Imperial order-in-council, Sept. 1, 1880.
The Makers of Canada: Index and Dictionary of Canadian History | Various
The impending order-in-council, it was agreed, left but one alternative.
Jefferson and his Colleagues | Allen Johnson
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

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