ukase(an edict of the Russian tsar); ukaz(современный указ (напр., президента). Следует отличать от "ukase" – a proclamation of the tsar, government, or a religious leader snowleopard)
ordinance(A rule established by authority; a permanent rule of action; a law or statute. In its most common meaning, the term is used to designate the enactment of the legislative body; Правило, установленное властным органом; постоянное правило или порядок. Широко используется для обозначения закона, введенного в силу законодательным органом)
ukases(in tsarist Russia) a decree with the force of law * an arbitrary or peremptory command ¦ Origin: from Russian ukaz ‘ordinance, edict', from ukazat' ‘show, decree'. NODE. a) An authoritative proclamation; an edict, especially decreed by a Russian czar or later) emperor. An Ukase, it appears, has been issued by the Emperor Alexander, to facilitate the introduction of calimancoes and other Norwich goods into his Empire. b) Any absolutist order and proclamation The planters, he explained in a letter to Lincoln, would accept emancipation by ukase in preference to being compelled to enact it themselves in a new constitution. WT Alexander Demidov); ukazes(A ukase, or ukaz (/juːˈkeɪs/; Russian: указ [ʊˈkas], formally "imposition"), in Imperial Russia, was a proclamation of the tsar, government, or a religious leader (patriarch) that had the force of law. "Edict" and "decree" are adequate translations using the terminology and concepts of Roman law. From the Russian term, the word ukase has entered the English language with the meaning of "any proclamation or decree; an order or regulation of a final or arbitrary nature". WK Alexander Demidov)
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