Definition

1. Noun:

   • Institution: A significant and established practice, system, or organization in society, often with legal or formal recognition. In legal contexts, it refers to a fundamental concept or framework within a legal system.
   • Statute, Regulation: A specific rule or law that has been formally established and codified.

2. Verb:

   • To institutionalize: To establish something as a norm, custom, or formal rule within a system or society.
   • To codify, to enact: To arrange laws, rules, or principles into a systematic code or to formally establish them by authority.

Usage Examples

• Noun:

  • Hôn nhân là một chế định quan trọng của xã hội. (Marriage is an important institution of society.)
  • Các chế định pháp luật mới sẽ có hiệu lực vào tháng tới. (The new legal statutes will take effect next month.)

• Verb:

  • Nhà nước cần chế định các quy tắc rõ ràng về bảo vệ môi trường. (The state needs to institutionalize clear rules on environmental protection.)
  • Bộ luật này chế định quyền và nghĩa vụ của công dân. (This code codifies the rights and obligations of citizens.)

Advanced Usage

• "chế định pháp lý": legal institution; a fundamental concept or framework in law.

  • Quyền sở hữu là một chế định pháp lý cơ bản. (Property right is a basic legal institution.)

• "chế định thành văn": written/codified statute.

  • Những quy tắc đó đã được chế định thành văn. (Those rules have been codified into written form.)

Variants and Related Words

• Thể chế (n): Regime, system (often broader than "chế định", referring to an entire political or social system).
• Định chế (n): Institution (a near synonym, often used in economics and sociology).
• Quy chế (n): Regulation, charter (a set of rules for a specific organization or activity).
• Ban hành (v): To promulgate, to issue (to officially put a law or rule into effect).

Synonyms

• Noun: (regime, system), (institution), (regulation).
• Verb: (to establish), (to promulgate), (to stipulate).

Related Phrases/Phrasal Verbs

(Note: As "chế định" is primarily a formal/legal term, it does not commonly combine to form phrasal verbs in the way simpler verbs do. Its usage is typically direct.) - Được chế định: to be institutionalized/codified. - Quy trình này đã được chế định trong nội quy. (This procedure has been codified in the internal regulations.)

Related Idioms

(Note: "Chế định" is a formal, academic term and is not typically used in idiomatic expressions. Its usage is confined to legal, sociological, and administrative contexts.)

verb

1. To institutionalize

noun

1. Institution