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ohjesääntö — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • bylaw noun A traditional rule that applies only within one town or district.
  • directive noun An official instruction or order.
  • regulation noun An official rule issued by an authority to control how something is done.

Senses

ohjesääntö is used for these senses in English:

  • bylaw (often, in the plural) A rule made by a local authority to regulate its own affairs.
  • code of conduct (ethics) A set of rules dictating acceptable behavior and decisions in a specified environment.
  • directive An instruction or guideline that indicates how to perform an action or reach a goal.
  • regulation (countable) A law or administrative rule, issued by an organization, used to guide or prescribe the conduct of members of that organization.

bylaw — full definition

  1. noun A traditional rule that applies only within one town or district.
  2. noun A rule set by a local council to manage its own affairs.
  3. noun One numbered section within this kind of local rule.
  4. noun A rule that governs how a company or organization manages its own internal matters.

directive — full definition

  1. noun An official instruction or order.
  2. noun A legislative act by the European Union requiring member states to achieve a result in their own laws.
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