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ohjesääntö — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • bylaw noun A local custom or law of a settlement 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 local custom or law of a settlement or district.
  2. noun A rule made by a local authority to regulate its own affairs.
  3. noun A numbered provision within such kind of legislation.
  4. noun A law or rule governing the internal affairs of an organization (e.g., corporation or business).

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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