executive order

English

Noun

executive order (plural executive orders)

(law, chiefly US) An ordinance issued on the authority of the head of the executive branch of government.

Translations

decree issued on the authority of the executive branch of government

Chinese:
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Mandarin: 行政命令 (zh) (xíngzhèng mìnglìng)
Finnish: asetus (fi) (closest equivalent)

French: ordonnance (fr) f
Japanese: 大統領令 (daitōryōrei)
Korean: please add this translation if you can
Spanish: please add this translation if you can

See also

References

“executive order” in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
“executive order” in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary
“executive order” in Microsoft's Encarta World English Dictionary, North American Edition (2007)
"order" at Law.com Dictionary

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