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executive order

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

An ordinance issued by the authority of the head of the executive branch of government.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Philippines, US, especially

Topics: law

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  • Arabic: أَمْرٌ تَنْفِيذِيٌّ (ʔamrun tanfīḏiyyun) — decree issued on the authority of the executive branch of government
  • Chinese Cantonese: 行政命令 (hang4 zing3 ming6 ling6) — decree issued on the authority of the executive branch of government
  • Chinese Mandarin: 行政命令 (xíngzhèng mìnglìng) — decree issued on the authority of the executive branch of government
  • Danish: præsidentielt dekret — decree issued on the authority of the executive branch of government
  • Danish: dekret — decree issued on the authority of the executive branch of government
  • Finnish: presidentin asetus — decree issued on the authority of the executive branch of government
  • Finnish: asetus — decree issued on the authority of the executive branch of government
  • French: ordonnance — decree issued on the authority of the executive branch of government
  • Georgian: განკარგულება (ganḳarguleba) — decree issued on the authority of the executive branch of government
  • Georgian: მთავრობის განკარგულება (mtavrobis ganḳarguleba) — decree issued on the authority of the executive branch of government
  • Georgian: აღმასრულებელი განკარგულება (aɣmasrulebeli ganḳarguleba) — decree issued on the authority of the executive branch of government
  • Georgian: აღმასრულებელი ბრძანება (aɣmasrulebeli brʒaneba) — decree issued on the authority of the executive branch of government
  • German: Dekret — decree issued on the authority of the executive branch of government
  • Greek: πράξη νομοθετικού περιεχομένου (práxi nomothetikoú periechoménou) — decree issued on the authority of the executive branch of government
  • Hungarian: kormányrendelet — decree issued on the authority of the executive branch of government
  • Italian: decreto legge — decree issued on the authority of the executive branch of government
  • Japanese: 大統領令 (daitōryōrei) — decree issued on the authority of the executive branch of government
  • Korean: 행정명령 (haengjeongmyeongnyeong) — decree issued on the authority of the executive branch of government
  • Macedonian: извршна наредба (izvršna naredba) — decree issued on the authority of the executive branch of government
  • Polish: dekret prezydencki — decree issued on the authority of the executive branch of government
  • Polish: rozporządzenie wykonawcze — decree issued on the authority of the executive branch of government
  • Portuguese: ordem executiva — decree issued on the authority of the executive branch of government
  • Tagalog: kautusang ehekutibo — decree issued on the authority of the executive branch of government
  • Tagalog: kautusang tagapagpaganap — decree issued on the authority of the executive branch of government