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asetus.

decree; executive order (regulation that is subordinate to legislative statutes, specifies them or lays down how they are actually implemented)

6 characters3 syllables approx.Suomi language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈɑsetus/[ˈɑ̝s̠e̞t̪us̠]
  1. decree; executive order (regulation that is subordinate to legislative statutes, specifies them or lays down how they are actually implemented)

    Valtioneuvosto antoi asetuksen perusopetuksen tavoitteista ja tuntijaosta.
    Suomessa hallitus voi antaa asetuksia itsenäisesti, mutta lait tulevat voimaan vain eduskunnan enemmistön tuella.
  2. regulation (self-effecting legislative act, which requires no further intervention by the Member States to become law)

    European-Union
  3. setting, (in the plural) settings, configuration

  4. ordinance

  5. synonym of asettaminen (“placing, setting”)

Where this word comes from

asettaa (“to place, set”) + -us. Originally “placing, setting”; the legal sense “decree” from the Middle Ages, probably as a semantic loan from another language (compare German Gesetz from setzen), perhaps a semantic loan from Middle Low German gesette.

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