Ordinary
Legal Definition and Related Resources of Ordinary
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Meanings, Synonyms, Etymology, Translations and More
Meaning of Ordinary
regular , usual , normal, common , often recurring, customary.
Ordinary Alternative Definition
In ecclesiastical law. An officer who, has original jurisdiction in his own right, and not by deputation. In England, the ordinary is an officer who has immediate jurisdiction in ecclesiastical causes. Co. Litt. 344. In the United States, the ordinary possesses, in those states where such officer exists, powers vested in him by the constitution and acts of the legislature. In South Carolina, the ordinary is a judicial officer. 1 Const. (S. C.) 267; 2 Const. (S. C.) 884.
Synonyms of Ordinary
adjective
accepted
accustomary
accustomed
average
banal
boring
bourgeois
bromidic
characteristic
colloquial
commonplace
communis
consuetudinary
conventional
customary
daily
drab
established
expected
familiar
fixed
frequent
general
generally practiced
habitual
hackneyed
homely
homespun
household
humdrum
insipid
known
mediocre
middling
normal
oftrepeated
pedestrian
philistine
platitudinous
plebeian
plentiful
popular
prevailing
prevalent
prosaic
prosaical
quotidianvs
recognized
regular
regulation
repeated
representative
rife
simple
stale
standard
stereotyped
stock
taken for granted
traditional
translaticius
trite
typical
unassuming
undistinguished
unexceptional
unexciting
unimaginative
unoriginal
unvaried
vernacular
wearisome
welltrodden
wellworn
widespread
wonted
workaday
Associated Concepts: necessary expenses
ordinary care and skill
ordinary course of business
ordinary course of trade
ordinary duty
ordinary expenses
ordinary income
ordinary loss
ordinary negligence
ordinary prudent person
ordinary reasonable man
ordinary risk
ordinary standard of care
ordinary use
ordinary wear and tear foreign phrases: Recurrendum est ad extraordinarium quando non valet ordinarium
ordinary wear and tear foreign phrases: Recurrendum est ad extraordinarium quando non valet ordinarium
Resort must be made t the extraordinary when the ordinary does not succeed
widespread
wonted
workaday
Associated Concepts: necessary expenses
ordinary care and skill
ordinary course of business
ordinary course of trade
ordinary duty
ordinary expenses
ordinary income
ordinary loss
ordinary meaning
ordinary negligence
ordinary prudent person
ordinary reasonable man
ordinary risk
ordinary standard of care
ordinary use
ordinary wear and tear foreign phrases: Recurrendum est ad extraordinarium quando non valet ordinarium
Resort must be made t the extraordinary when the ordinary does not succeed
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Meaning of Ordinary in the Past
An officer who has original jurisdiction in his own right and not by deputation.
Developments
In England (see more about this legal system) the ordinary is an officer who has immediate jurisdiction in ecclesiastical causes. Co. Litt. 344.
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In the United States of America, the ordinary possesses, in those states where such officer exists, powers vested in him by the constitution (see more about this popular legal topic in the U.S. encyclopedia) and acts of the legislature, In South Carolina (see more about this State laws here) , the ordinary is a judicial officer. 1 Rep. Const. Ct. 26; 2 Rep. Const. Ct. 384.[1]
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Notes and References
Partialy, this information about ordinary is based on the Bouvier´s Law Dictionary, 1848 edition. There is a list of terms of the Bouvier´s Law Dictionary, including ordinary.