Ordinandi Lex
A Dictionary of Law · Henry Campbell Black · 1891
A Dictionary of Law
The law of precedure, as distinguished from the substantial part of the law. Ordinarius ita dicitur quia habet ordinariam jurisdietionem, in jure proprio, et non propter deputationem.
Co. Litt. 96.
The ordinary is so called because he has an ordinary jurisdiction in his own right, and not a deputed one,