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In Imperial Russia, a ukase () or ukaz (Russian: указ [ʊˈkas]) was a proclamation of the tsar, government, or a religious leadership (e.g., Patriarch of Moscow and all Rus' or the Most Holy Synod) 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".




History


Prior to the 1917 October Revolution, the term applied in Russia to an edict or ordinance, legislative or administrative, having the force of law. A ukase proceeded either from the emperor or from the senate, which had the power of issuing such ordinances for the purpose of carrying out existing decrees. All such decrees were promulgated by the senate. A difference was drawn between the ukase signed by the emperor’s hand and his verbal ukase, or order, made upon a report submitted to him.
After the Revolution, a government proclamation of wide meaning was called a "decree" (Russian: декрет, dekret); more specific proclamations were called ukaz. Both terms are usually translated as "decree".

According to the Russian Federation's 1993 constitution, a Decree of the President of Russia is referred to as ukaz.




See also


Rule by decree#Russian Constitutional Crisis (1993)




Notes






References


OED staff (1989). "ukase, n." (Second ed.). Earlier version first published in New English Dictionary, 1921.




External links


The dictionary definition of ukase at Wiktionary

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