asetus

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑsetus/, [ˈɑ̝s̠e̞t̪us̠]
• Rhymes: -ɑsetus
• Syllabification^(key): a‧se‧tus
• Hyphenation^(key): ase‧tus

asettaa (“to place, set”) +‎ -us. Originally “placing, setting”; the legal sense “decree” from the Middle Ages, probably as a semantic loan from another language (compare German Gesetz from setzen),^[1] perhaps a semantic loan from Middle Low German gesette.

asetus

1. (law) decree; executive order (regulation that is subordinate to legislative statutes, specifies them or lays down how they are actually implemented) [with elative ‘on, concerning’]

   Valtioneuvosto antoi asetuksen perusopetuksen tavoitteista ja tuntijaosta.

   The government issued a decree on the objectives and distribution of hours of basic education.

   Suomessa hallitus voi antaa asetuksia itsenäisesti, mutta lait tulevat voimaan vain eduskunnan enemmistön tuella.

   In Finland the Government can pass decrees independently, but acts take effect only with the support of the majority of the Parliament.

   Muutamia presidentti Obaman ja Trumpin antamia asetuksia on pidetty perustuslain vastaisina.

   A few executive orders issued by Presidents Obama and Trump have been considered unconstitutional.

2. (European Union law) regulation (self-effecting legislative act, which requires no further intervention by the Member States to become law)
3. (computing, electronics) setting, (in the plural) settings, configuration
4. synonym of asettaminen (“placing, setting”)

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

• julistus
• määräys
• laki
• perustuslaki
• luku
• pykälä
• momentti
• määritys

• “asetus”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 1 July 2023

asetus

1. second-person singular present imperative of asettua (with enclitic -s)

• asuste, etsaus, tuessa