"executive order" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: executive orders [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} executive order (plural executive orders)
  1. (law, chiefly US) An ordinance issued on the authority of the head of the executive branch of government. Wikipedia link: Executive Order Tags: US Categories (topical): Law Related terms: order-in-council, presidential memoranda Translations (decree issued on the authority of the executive branch of government): أَمْرٌ تَنْفِيذِيٌّ (ʔamrun tanfīḏiyyun) [masculine] (Arabic), 行政命令 (hang⁴ zing³ ming⁶ ling⁶) (Chinese Cantonese), 行政命令 (xíngzhèng mìnglìng) (Chinese Mandarin), presidentin asetus (Finnish), asetus (english: closest equivalent) (Finnish), ordonnance [feminine] (French), განკარგულება (ganḳarguleba) (Georgian), მთავრობის განკარგულება (mtavrobis ganḳarguleba) (Georgian), აღმასრულებელი განკარგულება (aɣmasrulebeli ganḳarguleba) (Georgian), πράξη νομοθετικού περιεχομένου (práxi nomothetikoú periechoménou) [feminine] (Greek), 大統領令 (daitōryōrei) (Japanese), dekret prezydencki [masculine] (Polish)

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