executive order

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executive order (plural executive orders)

(law, especially US) An ordinance issued by the authority of the head of the executive branch of government.
- 2025 January 20, Donald Trump, Inaugural Address (2025):
  Today I will sign a series of historic executive orders. With these actions, we will begin the complete restoration of America, and the revolution of common sense.
- 2025 January 27, Alayna Treene, Pamela Brown, Haley Britzky and Oren Liebermann, “Trump signs executive orders to reshape the military, including banning transgender troops”, in CNN‎:
  Trump said he signed the executive orders while aboard Air Force One on a return flight to Washington from Florida. […] Asked about possible exceptions on Monday, Hegseth said only that there will be an executive order “on that right now, today.”

decree issued on the authority of the executive branch of government

Arabic: أَمْرٌ تَنْفِيذِيٌّ m (ʔamrun tanfīḏiyyun)
Chinese:
Cantonese: 行政命令 (hang⁴ zing³ ming⁶ ling⁶)

Mandarin: 行政命令 (zh) (xíngzhèng mìnglìng)
Danish: præsidentielt dekret, dekret n
Finnish: presidentin asetus, asetus (fi) (closest equivalent)
French: ordonnance (fr) f
Georgian: განკარგულება (ganḳarguleba), მთავრობის განკარგულება (mtavrobis ganḳarguleba), აღმასრულებელი განკარგულება (aɣmasrulebeli ganḳarguleba), აღმასრულებელი ბრძანება (aɣmasrulebeli brʒaneba)
German: Dekret (de) n
Greek: πράξη νομοθετικού περιεχομένου f (práxi nomothetikoú periechoménou)
Hungarian: kormányrendelet (hu) (semantic), kormányrendelet (hu) (semantic)
Italian: decreto legge (it) m
Japanese: 大統領令 (daitōryōrei)
Korean: 행정명령(行政命令) (haengjeongmyeongnyeong)
Macedonian: извршна наредба f (izvršna naredba)
Polish: dekret prezydencki m, rozporządzenie wykonawcze n
Portuguese: ordem executiva f
Spanish: please add this translation if you can

“executive order”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
“executive order”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
"order" at Law.com Dictionary

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