type of steak, 1916, so called from the T-shaped bone that runs through it. The verb meaning to strike (another car, bus, etc.) from the side is by 1970, from adjectival use in reference to crashes, attested from 1952. Examples from the Web for t-bone.
The definition of an ordinance is a rule or law enacted by local government. A law about parking enacted by local government is an example of an ordinance. a direction or command of an authoritative nature.
an authoritative rule or law; a decree or command. a public injunction or regulation: a city ordinance against excessive horn blowing. something believed to have been ordained, as by a deity or destiny.