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.
Northwest Ordinance. An Ordinance for the Government of the Territory of the United States Northwest of the River Ohio. The Northwest Ordinance (officially the Ordinance of 1787) was enacted by the Congress of the Confederation of the States on July 13, 1787.