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‖ ukase|juːˈkeɪs|
Also 8 oukauze, ukause, 9 (o)ukaz.
[ad. Russ. ukaz, f. ukazatj to show, direct, order, decree. Hence also F. ukase, oukase, Pg. ukase, Sp. ucase, G., Da., Sw. ukas.]
1. A decree or edict, having the force of law, issued by the Russian emperor or government.
α1729Consett Pres. State Russia Pref. p. lxiv, A true Oukauze or Edict sign'd with her Imperial Majesty's own hand. 1797W. Tooke Cath. II (1798) III. 204 A gracious ukause..put an end to every process of more than ten years standing. 1833R. Pinkerton Russia 62 The ukaz, which expelled them from the empire,..was dated March 13, 1820. 1877D. M. Wallace Russia i. 12 Fifteen years ago the domestic serfs were emancipated by Imperial Ukaz. 1894Times 11 Dec. 8/3 In execution of the Imperial Oukaz to the Minister of Finance.
β1775Ann. Reg., Chron. 120 The Empress of Russia issued an ukase, whereby various taxes are abolished. 1810E. D. Clarke Trav. Russia (1839) 28/1 A ukase had appeared, which forbade the importation of any kind of foreign literature. 1889Gunter That Frenchman xv. 193 The ukase of September has been issued—proclaiming, in time of peace, military law.
2. transf. Any proclamation or decree; an order or regulation of a final or arbitrary nature.
1818Lady Morgan Fl. Macarthy II. ii. (1819) 106 (Stanf.), He was even half inclined to send out an ukase to Jemmy Bryan, and his myrmidons, to hold themselves in readiness. 1859Kingsley Misc., Plays & Purit. II. 136 That New England ukase of Cotton Mather's, who punished the woman who should kiss her infant on the Sabbath day. 1880Mrs. Whitney Odd or Even? xxx, Whatever the Autocrat of the Breakfast Table may have found true, or have recorded by his ukase, twenty years ago. |