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указы (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) |
