How To Use Decree In A Sentence

And when they have done ye wrang, even when ye hae gotten decreet of spulzie, oppression, and violent profits against them, what better are ye? The Waverley
Another step forward was the progressive declarations of invalidity extended to certain laws, decrees, and edicts issued in Stalin's time.
For example, Emperor Norton said that Governor Wise of Virginia was to be removed from office by royal decree.
He did in these extremities, as I conceive, most humbly recommend the direction of his judicial proceedings to the upright judge of judges, God Almighty; did submit himself to the conduct and guideship of the blessed Spirit in the hazard and perplexity of the definitive sentence, and, by this aleatory lot, did as it were implore and explore the divine decree of his goodwill and pleasure, instead of that which we call the final judgment of a court. Five books of the lives, heroic deeds and sayings of Gargantua and his son Pantagruel
But the president claims he abandoned this effort when told that it would require a presidential decree.

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The court granted her a decree of divorce.
California passed a law 20 years ago decreeing a proportion of cars would have to be electric powered.
In December 1936 a decree was issued which made all volunteer forces subject to military jurisdiction.
Both originals (instrumenta) of the Concordat of Worms were read and ratified, and twenty-two disciplinary canons were promulgated, most of them reinforcements of previous conciliary decrees. The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 9: Laprade-Mass Liturgy
It decreed last year that downhill courses were to be made slower and skiers required to wear less aerodynamic outfits. Times, Sunday Times
To remove these difficulties, we transmit you a certified copy of an authenticated decree of the National Convention of France, of the sixteenth Pluviose, second year of the Republic; (February fifth, 1794,) which has been lately received by the Pennsylvania The Journal of Negro History, Volume 6, 1921
On Jan. 23 a decree suspended import tariffs retroactively from Jan. 15 until the expected announcement of new tariffs on April 1.
The severity of the decree seemed deadly to Tess.
Similarly, it has been decreed that concierges watch television interminably while their rather large cats doze, and that the entrance to the building must smell of pot-au-feu, cabbage soup, or a country-style cassoulet. Excerpt: The Elegance of the Hedgehog by Muriel Barbery
Justly indignant at our folly, for quarrelling is not allowed in his domains, the King laid us under sentence of banishment, decreeing that we should spend the fifteenth night of each month in this dreary forest until a tailor came who could mend the garments we had torn. Folk Tales From Many Lands
You know as well as I do that it was decreed that normal civilities don't apply to you or your cohort.
In July 2000, the wife issued proceedings in the Irish High Court claiming a decree of judicial separation and other orders.
Only protracted stagnation of yields brought them to a grudging retreat from farming by decree, and from Lysenko's “agrobiology,” which cast an aura of science over the Stalinist agricultural policy. Dictionary of the History of Ideas
English maintenance or alimony decrees can be lifelong.
One of the primary tasks of the Commissioners is to recover those taxes which Parliament has decreed shall be paid.
December 7, a municipal, at the head of a deputation from the Commune, came to read to the king a decree which ordered him to take from the prisoners "knives, razors, scissors, penknives, and all other sharp instruments of which prisoners presumed criminal are deprived; and to make a most minute search of their persons and of their apartments. The Ruin of a Princess
On his arrival, M. Myriel was installed in the episcopal palace with the honors required by the Imperial decrees, which class a bishop immediately after a major-general.
Whenever, by the judgment of the town council of any town, a highway or driftway in the town, or any part of either, has ceased to be useful to the public the town council of the town is authorized so to declare it by an order or decree which shall be final and conclusive.
For although a continuation of the bullary has just been published at Rome, containing several decrees of this congregation, there is not one that announces a fulfilment of this illusory promise, ” a promise imagined by a correspondent to French newspapers, but never given by the inquisitors themselves. Life in the Grey Nunnery at Montreal
In book three, Helenus tells Aeneas and his men that they must seek their future from the inspired prophetess of Cumae, who spells out the decree of the fates on the fragile parchment of leaves.
I ftiil to be diiToIv'd, yield his mortal breath; the Lord hath thys decreed) ijil not yet fee drach. The Vocal Magazine: Or, Compleat British Songster
For example, Muslim scholars, or ulama, were hierarchically organized and sanctioned by the state, and Ottoman sultans often issued decrees with the force of law.
Almost incidentally, on August 2, 1883, a decree went up in every town square in Russia: Yiddish theater henceforward would be illegal throughout the land.
The Russian Federation has issued a decree abolishing special privileges for government officials.
It is perfefUy apparent to any perfon who underftands Engllfh, that Csfer by preordinance and firft decree means that ordinance and firft decree he had before paft for Cimber's banifhment. An essay on the writings and genius of Shakespear, compared with the Greek and French dramatic poets : with some remarks upon the misrepresentations of Mons. de Voltaire
The Council passed reforming decrees in keeping with the Cluniac reform movement, including ones concerning simony and clerical marriage.
A decree absolute to end the couple's marriage has yet to be made. Times, Sunday Times
Legal scholars warn prebirth decrees are still rare, but advocates are fighting for such arrangements. The Lee Case: 'No Smoking Gun', Gender Isn't The
V with regard to episcopal elections, and passed several disciplinary decrees directed against existing abuses, such as simony and concubinage among the clergy. The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 3: Brownson-Clairvaux
Lord Hale has given us, in the iTeBi\Be De Portibus Marisj clearly prove, that where the kingdoms and proves a right to the soil, where a purpresture and nuisance have been committed, he may have a decree to abate it. Reports of cases argued and determined in the Court of exchequer, from Easter term 32 George III. to [Trinity term 37 George III.] ... both inclusive. [1792-1797]
This last clause is a thinly-veiled threat to those who might choose to ignore the decree.
To say that such admonitions are a means to preserve those from apostasy who are by other means (as suppose the absolute decree of God, or the interposal of his irresistible power for their perseverance, or the like) in no possibility of apostatizing, is to say that washing is a means to make snow white, or the rearing up of a pillar in the air a means to keep the heavens from falling. The Doctrine of the Saints�� Perseverance Explained and Confirmed
The powers allow it to rule by decree and declare a state of war.
If either party is divorced, an original decree absolute or a certified copy of the final judgment is required. Times, Sunday Times
The noun, according to the same authority, denotes the act of decreeing or foreordaining events; the act of God, by which He hath from eternity unchangeably appointed or determined whatsoever comes to pass. The Doctrines of Predestination, Reprobation, and Election
The assurance of payment of inconvertible bonds shall comply with the provisions of Article 24 of this Decree.
Refounded in 1602 on the site of the earlier university library, it has since 1604 borne by royal decree the name of the remarkable man whose endowment remains the greatest benefaction ever received by the University of Oxford.
This view, that God enacted His predes - tinating decrees only after Adam's fall, has been labeled infralapsarian or sublapsarian. Dictionary of the History of Ideas
Therefore councillors get paid what government decrees and have no say in the matter.
Centuries later, as the individual countries were formed, one subdialect was decreed to be the official language of each: that of Castile became Spanish, of Tuscany, VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol XII No 1
There he found a Jew named Aquila, a native of Pontus, who had recently come from Italy with his wife Priscilla, following a decree of the Emperor Claudius which ordered all Jews to leave Rome.
This decree obliges unions to delay strikes.
She got a divorce decree to legally end her previous marriage last Friday and went to the Embassy on Monday thinking she had everything in order.
The Queen has decreed her order.
The King only can decree
But Frederick utterly rejected the idea of decreeing on his own authority innovations which would constitute a deviation from the great Christian Catholic Church, more especially as opinions were not agreed on them even at Wittenberg. Life of Luther
Doom's done wi '; it's his decreet, and I'm no' a day ower soon wi 'the promise o' the Red Sodger -- for the which I'm muckle obleeged to you, Doom Castle
In attempting to implement the new policy via decree, Gordon had encountered strong patient resistance.
She laughed, standing as cool as you please, very grateful to the eye in tussore coat and skirt, with open-necked blouse, and some kind of rakish hat displaying her thick auburn hair in defiance of the fashion which decreed concealment even of eyebrows with flower-pot head gear. The Mountebank
Media in Jakarta have reported an official decree that civil servants use local products. Times, Sunday Times
And just as the democrat will not admit of a secular constitution which the people could not destroy and which would prevent him from making bad laws; just as the democrat will not submit -- if we may adopt the terminology of Aristotle -- to being governed by _laws_, to be governed that is by an ancient body of law which would check the people and obstruct it in its daily fabrication of _decrees_; so just in the same spirit the democrat does not admit of a God Who has issued His commandments, Who has issued His body of laws, anterior and superior to all the laws and all the decrees of men, and Who sets His limit on the legislative eccentricities of the people, on its capricious omnipotence, in a word, on the sovereignty of the people. The Cult of Incompetence
But the company has vigorously asserted that its marketing practices do not violate the 1995 consent decree.
This last clause is a thinly-veiled threat to those who might choose to ignore the decree.
Unto every nation is a fixed term decreed; when their term therefore is expired, they shall not have respite for an hour, neither shall their punishment be anticipated. The Koran (Al-Qur'an)
The decree absolute from her marriage came through and she bought her own flat. Times, Sunday Times
The public wanted to retain the death penalty; parliament decreed its abolition.
After an epic legal battle the UK's top court decreed the lie was no reason not to stump up. The Sun
The great increase in the dimensions of modern class-rooms was dictated by physical hygiene; the ambient air space is measured by "cubature" in relation to the physical needs of respiration; and for the same reason, lavatories were multiplied, and bathrooms were installed; physical hygiene further decreed the introduction of concrete floors and washable dadoes, of central heating, and in many cases of meals, while gardens or broad terraces are already looked upon as essentials for the physical well-being of the child. Spontaneous Activity in Education
The general will rule by decree until a general election.
Henceforth the mountaineer becomes transformed into a champion of humanity, hunting the wicked bearded steinbock in all corners; especially through the cabinet of those dark men who decree the taxes detested in Tyrol. Vittoria — Volume 5
The refuges were legalised in 2009 by a presidential decree as part of a Bill to outlaw violence against women. Times, Sunday Times
In an emergency decree(Sentencedict), the government banned all rallies.
` ` I understand your honour perfectly; it can be dune as easy as taking out a decreet in absence. '' The Waverley
Even though his astrologer told him to expect an invasion in Normandy, Hitler decreed that the bulk of the German forces in the West would be based within striking distance of the Pas de Calais .
My father tried to get around various court decrees by claiming that my mother was still legally married to him, until there was an annulment from a rabbi, called a get. Sharia
The government also decreed against excessive vanity. Times, Sunday Times
But this required impassioned debate, and so the Senate did not pass its Ultimate Decree until the last day of Flaccus's term as first interrex. Fortune's Favorites
The Russian Federation has issued a decree abolishing special privileges for government officials.
The railway company's refusal to furnish cars for loading direct from the farmer's wagon compelled the shipper to sell to the elevator operator for whatever price he could get, accepting whatever weights the operator allowed and whatever "dockage" he chose to decree. Deep Furrows
Confused and disorientated, they struggle to comprehend the bewildering party decrees of revolutionary achievements and industrial progress.
In a marriage breakdown, tie up property transfers by deed of separation/divorce which is confirmed by court decree.
K-For is holding the line, sensibly reinforcing an ethnic divide that geography has decreed.
Those who issue dimissory letters contrary to the form of this decree, shall be ipso jure suspended from their office and benefices for one year.
In the West the taking of usury was prohibited to both the clergy and the laity in the ninth century, and the sanctions against usurers were intensified by a series of conciliar decrees between 1179 and 1311.
The court decreed that the defendant should pay the plaintiff $ 5 , 000.
As a result governments long ago decreed fluid milk sold to the public must be pasteurised.
DEFRA has decreed that a farmer bringing cattle, sheep or pigs onto his holding cannot move any stock off the farm for 20 days except direct to slaughter.
A decree issued in February 1918 disestablished the Church and confirmed the equality of all religious faiths before the law.
Yet existing statute law decreed that such agreements were only one factor in the balance, she said. Times, Sunday Times
A term decreed my lot I 'spy; * And, when its days shall end, I die. Arabian nights. English
Then I left her and went to put out the fire in the brasier. 483 Now the season was winter and the weather cold, and a live coal fell on my body: but by the decree of The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night
On 30 November the Decree on Missionary Activity was voted through chapter by chapter, and then approved in its entirety.
Hugh was the most forceful advocate of the principle which the new papal decree embodied.
A full decree absolute will be granted in about six weeks. The Sun
The blinds pulled, by her domestic decree, half way down the windows discouraged all hope.
If the person is considered to have been of outstanding importance to the nation then days of mourning might be decreed.
The glory days are a thing of the past and so, he decrees, is the haphazard and unsystematic approach which is breeding more disappointment than delight.
All lands so confiscated are by this decree revertible to their original holders upon their taking oath of allegiance to The Strolling Saint; being the confessions of the high and mighty Agostino D'Anguissola, tyrant of Mondolfo and Lord of Carmina in the state of Piacenza
The government had the power to legislate by emergency decree independently of Parliament.
This authorisation is obtained by way of ministerial decree.
Moreover, as for the avoidance and confirmation thereof, the plenipotentiaries have furthermore resolved that the 'pothecaries are concocting a certain miasma, by which decree we men are to be kept within salutary boundaries. The Day of Wrath
The refugee had been placed in a particular area by official decree - now it was up to the officials to see to his needs. Refugees in the Age of Total War
German law decreed that as soon as you crossed the border you lost your nationality, but in the eyes of the British he was still a German.
Near four hundred years ago, as your grace knoweth, there being ill blood betwixt John, King of England, and the King of France, it was decreed that two champions should fight together in the lists, and so settle the dispute by what is called the arbitrament of God. The Prince and the Pauper
Chinese emperors used to issue a penitential decree taking the blame for misgovernment or natural calamities.
But he goes on, — “The apostle advanceth towards his proposed end, and adds, ‘Those whom he called, them he also justified,’ or decreed to justify, in case the called obstruct him not in his way, or by their unbelief render not themselves incapable of justification.” The Doctrine of the Saints�� Perseverance Explained and Confirmed
No sooner had the flow of liquor from Rum Row in the Northeast been stanched than it began to gush in unprecedented quantities through the sluiceway that was Detroit, where an overmatched prosecutor said, “The greatest obstacle to the attainment of Prohibition is the Constitution of the United States, the instrument that decreed its birth.” LAST CALL
They adjoin the Alhambra Palace, those stately pleasure domes that the Nasrid caliphs decreed should represent paradise on earth.
Most of us thought that during the past few years Janet Reno's antitrust czar and his prosecution team were turned on by lawyerlike stuff like consent decrees, special masters and making Bill Gates's lawyers look like crash dummies in court. Joel Klein, Entrepreneur
It will be observed that he said nothing at all about wanting to pursue his crave for a decree of divorce against the defender.
He is an officer and a gentleman by royal decree.
In July he issued a decree ordering all unofficial armed groups in the country to disband.
Ne Temere_, which means, "The Form of Betrothal and Marriage according to the _Ne Temere_ Decree. Luther Examined and Reexamined A Review of Catholic Criticism and a Plea for Revaluation
The Emperor issued the decree repealing martial law.
A decree absolute is expected in six weeks. The Sun
The King decreed that all firstborn males should be killed
By a decree of July 1804, the eagle and the bee were chosen as the two symbols of the empire.
With Cato's slogan ringing in their ears, with their jealousy of Carthage's economic success, the Roman senate decreed that the terms of the treaty had been violated and it duly declared war.
Latin was reserved for official decrees or used by the elite.
Look at Arria worshipping the drunken clodpate of a husband who beats her; look at Cornelia treasuring as a jewel in her maternal heart the oaf her son; I have known a woman preach Jesuit's bark, and afterwards Dr. Berkeley's tar-water, as though to swallow them were a divine decree, and to refuse them no better than blasphemy. The History of Henry Esmond, Esq. A Colonel in the Service of Her Majesty Queen Anne
However, the announcement must be followed by the promulgation of a presidential decree before it becomes official policy.
The dictator decreed that his birthday would be a public holiday.
Andrians and Corinthians, and the decree for the mutilation of the captives, of which Philokles was the author.] [Footnote 149: Golden crowns, at this period of Greek history, was the name applied to large sums of money voted by cities to men whose favour they hoped to gain.] [Footnote 150: A spit is called obelus in Greek.] [Footnote 151: Probably of each of the Spartan admirals who had commanded during the war. Plutarch's Lives, Volume II
Bismarck was constantly criticised by the more liberal newspapers, and he retaliated by passing an emergency decree that effectually muzzled the press
But that changed when Democrats took over the House in 2007: As part of a larger program to "Green the Capitol," they decreed that the cutlery should be composted along with the food. In the House, compostable utensils replaced with old-fashioned plastic
He backed a provision that would allow judges to delay granting a divorce decree in some cases.
Madame Tallien, who is supposed occasionally to dictate decrees to the Convention, presides with a more avowed and certain sway over the realms of fashion; and the Turkish draperies that may float very gracefully on a form like hers, are imitated by rotund sesquipedal Fatimas, who make one regret even the tight lacings and unnatural diminishings of our grandmothers. A Residence in France During the Years 1792 1793 1794 and 1795
The decree on revelation, moreover, underscored the mystery of our encounter with the divine and hence the inadequacy of all our confessional statements about it.
“The only touchdown will be for the final pickup,” the captain decreed, “when everybody and everything is ready.” Archive 2010-02-01
They will be free to marry again in six weeks, after the decree absolute. The Sun
Hasan lay hidden beneath the settle, weeping-eyed and woeful-hearted, knowing not what was decreed to him in the secret preordainment of Allah. The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night
I, Bryndal M. Ellison, officer of the Caledonian Court and Counselor of Law, do certify that the above and forgoing is a true, correct and entire copy of the Decree of Court, re: Adoption of Lady Tempyst Lane Wormser, a minor doll, file number 1023; so full and entire as the same remains of record and on file in said office. Archive 2007-07-01
In 1999, the emir of Kuwait dissolved parliament and, along with a variety of other liberalizing measures, sought to grant women the right to vote by decree.
Apparently fearing that direct rule might be imposed, the Moldavian Supreme Soviet voted on Dec. 30 to endorse the decree.
The easiest way to change your name back is through your divorce decree.
They were saved in 2002 by a presidential decree and slowly restored by local craftsmen. Times, Sunday Times
Do you really think this second decree is putting the kibosh on the party? Lorna Bright: The Real Religious Challenge of the Second Commandment
The king vetoed the decree. THE LOST KING OF FRANCE: Revolution, Revenge and the Search for Louis XVII
To foreordain or elect by divine will or decree.
Wherefore the shaman and Tummasook, who is chief, have put their heads together, and it has been decreed that we work with the women and children in dragging in the meat and tending the wants of the hunters. ' A HYPERBOREAN BREW
The husband sought a decree of divorce and access to his youngest son.
by royal decree
The rigorists, tutiorists and probabiliorists mainly Dominicans and Franciscans liked to take this decree as proof for the condemnation of probabilism but the probabilists themselves considered it as condemning only laxism. The Society of Scholastics -- online courses about to start
A consent decree's busywork would only drain resources away from his effort to tighten management controls.
The heraldic embellishments of this family tree offer a particular interest in that the armorial blazonings are in accord with a decree of the French Royal Palaces and Parks of France
The easiest way to change your name back is through your divorce decree.
The decree requires that the priests and priestesses of Kolophon visit the altars in the old agora to acknowledge the ties between the old site and the current site of the city.
Numerous changes followed, either by way of decree from the Sacred Congregation of Rites, or through direct papal intervention.
The decree requires that the priests and priestesses of Kolophon visit the altars in the old agora to acknowledge the ties between the old site and the current site of the city.
How dare anyone decree that a woman such as her is less deserving than a married parent? Times, Sunday Times
After an epic legal battle the UK's top court decreed the lie was no reason not to stump up. The Sun
That court decree was known as the Osborne Judgment. Times, Sunday Times
I accept at last the dreadful words of the divorce decree and agree to be as ‘one dead’ to you and the bairns.
Under the decree these defendants. will hold amounts of stock in the various distributee companies ranging from 41 per cent as a maximum to 28.5 per cent as a minimum, except in the case of one small company, the Porto Rican State of the Union Address (1790-2001)
Particular decrees, containing simply an authentic interpretation of a universal law, are called equivalently universal. The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 1: Aachen-Assize
Then, in the mid-1930s, the People's Commissariat for the Defense Industry was established which was subsequently, under the January 11, 1939 decree of the USSR Supreme Soviet Presidium, divided up into five separate commissariats.
I mean think about it, Iraq didnt even exist til britain decreed itds boundaries? Think Progress » VIDEO: Sen. Levin and Fox Anchor in On-Air Scuffle Over Iraq Plan
An official decree invalidated the vote in the capital.
The draft law also gives the government the right to decree ‘labor emergencies,’ granting it the right to impose involuntary retirement and layoff of public employees.
The country's Supreme Court overturned he law, but the president then reimposed it by decree.
And what doth the presbyter more but only pronounce the sentence according to that which he who sitteth judge in the court hath decreed and decerned? The Works of Mr. George Gillespie (Vol. 1 of 2)
Life and death are determined by fate, rank and riches decreed by Heaven.
Regulations in English cricket decree that if a bowler is reported for throwing in a match for a first time, the report remains confidential. Times, Sunday Times
The king vetoed the decree. THE LOST KING OF FRANCE: Revolution, Revenge and the Search for Louis XVII
The decree is signed establishing the School for Primary School Teachers, which later becomes the National Teachers 'School. Mexico this month - December
They decreed an end to discrimination on grounds of age.
Unfortunately the script gods have decreed that our enigmatic hero has to have someone to bonk.
Gqozo later issued a decree amending the homeland's constitution to allow sovereignty to be relinquished.
In the commons, Pitt asserted that the rupture of the negociations was wholly due to the directory, who demanded, not as an ultimatum, but as a preliminary, to retain all territories of which the war had given them possession; and respecting which they had thought proper to pass a decree, annexing them unalienably to the republic. The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.III. From George III. to Victoria
He backed a provision that would allow judges to delay granting a divorce decree in some cases.
But the four western counties of Pennsylvania undertake to rejudge and reverse your decrees. Albert Gallatin American Statesmen Series, Vol. XIII
The potty decree says they can play footie on jail premises only if they are properly supervised. The Sun
The sura reads: "For that cause We decreed for the children of Israel that whoever killeth a human being for other than manslaughter or corruption in the earth, it shall be as if he had killed all mankind, and whoso saveth the life of one, it shall be as if he had saved the life of all mankind" Pickthall translation. Real Interfaith Dialogue Must Address the Real Issues
The decree of the court declares the claim to be valid, to a square of four miles of land on a creek, issuing from the north head of Indian river, westwardly, and running to the north-west.
In cases of race and gender bias, such decrees often have produced quotas and preferential treatment for the aggrieved party.
[_Endorsed_: "In order that the decrees above inserted, ordering that the missionaries of the Filipinas Islands have no prisons or jails; that they may not condemn, except those who have commission from the archbishop; and that they appoint no other fiscals than those whom he shall assign them; notwithstanding the decrees that were given ordering no innovation in the former practice, be followed in the appointment of the said fiscals."] _Letter to the archbishop_ The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 — Volume 21 of 55 1624 Explorations by early navigators, descriptions of the islands and their peoples, their history and records of the catholic missions, as related in contemporaneous books and manuscripts, showing the
Berowne says that he has no problem subscribing to a decree that can be forsworn on mere necessity, and he signs the document.
Constantine makes a decree at first, Ten eleutherian zreskeias ouk arnetean einai, "that liberty of worship is not to be denied; and therefore the Christians, as others, should have liberty to keep the faith of their religion and heresy," Euseb., The Sermons of John Owen
But he goes on, — “The apostle advanceth towards his proposed end, and adds, ‘Those whom he called, them he also justified,’ or decreed to justify, in case the called obstruct him not in his way, or by their unbelief render not themselves incapable of justification.” The Doctrine of the Saints�� Perseverance Explained and Confirmed
When and where agents obtained civil-bill decrees and writs of ejectment in the county courts, thereby forcing the tenants to bear some of the legal costs, League organizers had a much easier time recruiting new members.
They aimed to create alternatives so stylish that, as one supporter wrote hopefully, after observing a non-silk parade, ‘one would think that lisle stockings were the latest fashion decree.’
Two weeks ago, her government raised further uncertainty among oil and gas companies, by decreeing that they, along with mining companies, had to repatriate all of their export revenue. Repsol Taps Big Argentine Oil Find
The refuges were legalised in 2009 by a presidential decree as part of a Bill to outlaw violence against women. Times, Sunday Times
The protesters were referring to a decree by Assad to set up a committee to lead a national dialogue. Syrian protests grow despite attacks, Internet cut
Of course, he is aided by a chancellery, he has to delegate decisions, he cannot do everything, but in the last resort he can do everything, as he makes the final decisions and gives the final decrees.
Decree Nisis should come with a guide to growing a pencil moustache for men and a floor length negligee and tortoiseshell cigarette holder for women.
Microsoft dismissed the allegations as unfounded, saying its practices were specifically allowed by the consent decree.
I have always thought the bylaws decreed that only newspapermen are eligible but learned in connection with this column that there is nothing in the by-laws that says this.
There was not much of "comeliness" in the "marred face" of an unresenting Christ, but how fascinating the autocratic, prophet-painted, empire-inscribed pose of Redemption's Champion, clad in ermine of final decree, alternately welcoming his ancient "Elect," and with awful leftward gesture upon countless millions pronouncing the changeless judgment of "Depart. Oswald Langdon or, Pierre and Paul Lanier. A Romance of 1894-1898
The divorce petition was not defended, and on 14 March 2000, her husband was granted a decree absolute of divorce.
Loading time therefore decreed that in combat Texans fire in relays, half the men always carrying charged rifles to prevent being overrun.
You must obey my laws and follow my decrees. Christianity Today
But the capitularies could and did range widely, and Charles issued decrees even concerning the conduct of the clergy.
However, when fashion decreed crinolines, bustles, and fussy late-Victorian frills and flounces, Australia tried to follow.
Judge Jackson was appointed to sign the consent decree, which he did in August 1995.
But the president claims he abandoned this effort when told that it would require a presidential decree.
Eventually they realized that this was something they were going to have to sort out, and they passed a law decreeing that anyone who had to carry a weapon as part of his normal Silastic work Life, the Universe, and Everything
She was decreed to be thriving, well above average. Times, Sunday Times
They will be free to marry again in six weeks, after the decree absolute. The Sun
'And now, though you have given a tolerable breviate of this great lawsuit, of whilk everybody has heard something that has walked the boards in the Outer House (here's to ye again, by way of interim decreet) yet ye have omitted to speak a word of the arrestments.' Redgauntlet
The people, as though they had not duly rewarded his deserts when alive, but still were in his debt, decreed him a public interment, every one contributing his quadrans towards the charge; the women, besides, by private consent, mourned The Lives of the Noble Grecians and Romans
They now have a six-week cooling off period before a decree absolute is granted. The Sun
It crushed them with the weight of unending vastness and unalterable decree. The Trail of Meat
The decrees of Vatican council II appealed to the Bible more than to tradition.
But its global economic importance has been snowballing since China's Communist rulers decreed an experiment in capitalist economics there in 1980.

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