Sentence Examples

  • After the adoption of the North-West Ordinance the work of settlement made rapid progress.
  • In 1394 the Ordinance respecting annual elections was repealed by the king (Richard II.).
  • The ordinance establishing the special tribunal for the trial was passed by a remnant of the House of Commons alone, from which all dissentients were excluded by the army.
  • A merchant named Cony refused to pay customs not imposed by parliament, his counsel declaring their levy by ordinance to be contrary to Magna Carta, and Chief Justice Rolle resigning in order to avoid giving judgment.
  • Clouds from the retreating storm looked like a triumphant army, hauling away its ordinance for another engagement—with only white-gray stragglers tagging behind.
 
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WORDS NEAR ordinance IN THE THESAURUS