joehlindsay Nov 30, 2009:

regulation definition REGULATIONS rules or other directives issued by administrative agencies to implement laws. These agencies must have specific authorisation to issue directives and must usually adhere to prescribed procedures and conditions.

joehlindsay Nov 30, 2009:

decree vs regulation Regulation vs decree:

English legal terms have explicit definitions and usage in law. Although concepts may be polyonomous in layman’s speech, only the term that is explicitly defined is appropriate to use.

Such is the case with ‘decree and regulation’. I have consulted several legal dictionaries and there is no dissent evident as concerns the definition of the word ‘decree’ in Britain or North America.

Black’s Law Dictionary defines decree as follows:

DECREE n. Traditionally, a judicial decision in a court of equity, admiralty, divorce, or probate – similar to a judgment of a court of law 2. any court order, but esp. one in a matrimonial case.

A good and compendious definition easily understood by laymen appears in Barron’s Dictionary of legal terms.

DECREE The judicial decision in a litigated cause rendered by a court of equity; 2. the determination of a cause in courts of admiralty and probate. It is accurate to use the word judgment for a decision of a court of law, and decree for a court of equity, although the former term now includes both.

Probably the most common use of the word decree in English pertains to marriage: the term divorce decree is common. Other common

Chris Hall Nov 27, 2009:

Yes.. Go for it Mark. There is nothing wrong with translating "arrêté" as either "decree" or "order".

Mark Nathan (asker) Nov 27, 2009:

Thanks for the help so to avoid saying "decree" twice I guess I could translate décret as "order".

Chris Hall Nov 27, 2009:

The fields needs to be changed... As suggested by writeaway, the fields need to be changed from engineering to legal.

Martin Cassell Nov 27, 2009:

be kind to your reader The formal d. d'application is an unknown concept to most Anglo-Saxon readers. Depending on you readership, you might want to footnote/gloss this as "(ministerial) decrees which modify or clarify the application of an existing Act".