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ordinary
adj. regular, customary and continuing, and not unusual or extraordinary, as in ordinary expense, ordinary handling, ordinary risks, or ordinary skill.
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ORDINARY, civil and eccl. law. An officer who has original jurisdiction in
his own right and not by deputation.
2. In England the ordinary is an officer who has immediate jurisdiction
in ecclesiastical causes. Co. Litt. 344.
3. 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
Rep. Const. Ct. 26; 2 Rep. Const. Ct. 384.
A Law Dictionary, Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of the United States. By John Bouvier. Published 1856.