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[Noun] | "ukase" | \ yü-ˈkās \
1: a proclamation by a Russian emperor or government having the force of law
2: edict
Origin: 1729 ;
French & Russian; French, from Russian ukaz, from ukazat' to show, order; akin to Old Church Slavic u- away, Latin au-, Sanskrit ava- and to Old Church Slavic kazati to show;
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[ "ukase" ]
1: Ukase -- pronounced You-KAYS. From the Russian term, "ukas," of similar pronunciation, meaning a decree by the czar that had the force of law. In English, it means decree, or edict. Recently used by United States Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia in an anterview with New York Magazine.
* e.g., ... Americans have a right to feel that way. They have a democratic right to do that, and if it is to change, it should change democratically, and not at the ukase of a Supreme Court.
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