Usually means: Presidential directive, bypassing legislative process.
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  1. executive order: Merriam-Webster
  2. executive order: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. executive order: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
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  1. executive order: Merriam-Webster Legal Dictionary
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  1. executive order: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (executive order)

▸ noun:  (law, chiefly US) An ordinance issued by the authority of the head of the executive branch of government.

Similar:
ordinance, execute order, executive decision, exec, Exec., order-in-council, executive, directive, command, presidential memorandum, more...

Phrases:
Executive Order 14067, Executive Order 6102, Executive Order 9066, Executive Order 13769, Executive Order 13959, more...

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Similar:
ordinance, execute order, executive decision, exec, Exec., order-in-council, executive, directive, command, presidential memorandum, more...

Phrases:
Executive Order 14067, Executive Order 6102, Executive Order 9066, Executive Order 13769, Executive Order 13959, Executive Order 11110, Executive Order 12333, Executive Order 13526, Executive Order 9981, more...



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