制定

1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning

• Structure: 制定 is read as せいてい and is a noun and する verb for formally enacting or establishing a law, ordinance, or rule.
• Basic usage: Enactment appears in 条例を制定する, while a prior procedure appears in 規則の制定に先立って.

2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions

• Difference from 設定
  • 設定 sets a condition, value, or background; 制定 formally establishes a law or rule.
• Object and action
  • The rule enacted takes を, while the process itself appears in a noun phrase such as 規則の制定.