executive order

noun

: regulation sense 2b

Examples of executive order in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Little previously told Fox News Digital that there wasn’t a single instance of trans inclusion that occurred in his state, which prompted this executive order. —Jackson Thompson, Fox News, 24 Dec. 2024

Christmas Eve is a federal holiday in 2024 One Christmas present came early for federal employees—President Joe Biden announced via executive order on Dec. 19 that federal agencies will be closed on Christmas Eve, reports USA TODAY. —Mariyam Muhammad, The Enquirer, 23 Dec. 2024

Incoming White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt confirmed that Trump's first executive orders could include measures that deny many migrants asylum. —Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 23 Dec. 2024

The Wyss Foundation also funds Demos, the left-wing think tank that helped shape the Biden administration and, according to GOP lawmakers, crafted a memo that was identical to a 2021 executive order on voter registration that prompted congressional investigations into alleged illegality. —Gabe Kaminsky, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 22 Dec. 2024

Word History

First Known Use

1862, in the meaning defined above

Legal Definition

executive order

noun

: an order issued by a government's executive on the basis of authority specifically granted to the executive branch (as by the U.S. Constitution or a congressional act)

the National Security Agency was created by an executive order

compare proclamation, statute

Note: An executive order from the president does not have the force of law until it is printed in the Federal Register.