asetus

Noun

 * 1)  decree; executive order regulation that is subordinate to legislative statutes, specifies them or lays down how they are actually implemented
 * 2)  regulation self-effecting legislative act, which requires no further intervention by the Member States to become law
 * 3) setting,  configuration especially of a computer program
 * 1)  regulation self-effecting legislative act, which requires no further intervention by the Member States to become law
 * 2) setting,  configuration especially of a computer program

Usage notes

 * In Finnish legislation, is a legal statute inferior to  and it may be issued by the Government, the President of the Republic, or an individual ministry of Finland. Officially, the term  is used as the sole translation of  into English, regardless of the issuing body. As an  functions as an instrument that specifies the terminology of a  or the implementation thereof, and is enforceable only if it is in accordance therewith, it is analogically used as a translation of  issued by a US President.