executive order
noun[C]
GOVERNMENT,LAWukusin the US, anofficialinstructiongiven by thepresidentor by a state'sgovernor:
issue/sign an executive orderHesignedanexecutiveorderestablishinga Climate ChangeCommission.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.After this, he was dubbed a dictator because of the fact that he rebelled against anexecutiveorder.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Some of these jurisdictions have passed legislation enacting their policies into law, while others have implemented their policies byexecutiveorderor internal policy.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.His firstexecutiveorderwas a sweeping reorganization of the commonwealth government that was contested by both litigation and by the legislature.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.In 1979, he made it fully autonomous in anexecutiveorder.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.At theexecutiveorderthey fall in the specified formation.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Some would require legislation; others merely anexecutiveorder.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The secretaries are not authorized to act without authorization by the governor throughexecutiveorder.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.It was established byexecutiveorder12435 in 1984.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The original, privately owned wooden bridge was built in the early 1900s, and the port of entry was established byexecutiveorderin 1917.
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