decree

It outlines a clear process: an investigation, a court case, an appeal, a Supreme Court ruling and then a royal decree.

From BBC ● Jul. 31, 2026

The decree published on Friday immediately freezes her assets, citing a legal mechanism aimed at preventing the commission of "new acts of interference", the finance ministry said.

From Barron's ● Jul. 31, 2026

“The Flores consent decree is an agreement which goes well above the constitutional floor,” Shumate told the court during oral arguments in June.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 24, 2026

A presidential decree sent the minimum wage up 23% in January.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 19, 2026

This was a decree of the W'ives, this absence of hand lotion.

From "The Handmaid's Tale" by Margaret Atwood

But consent decrees are legally and politically complicated, and the treatment of migrant children further tangles the situation.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 24, 2026

Many “return to office” mandates and expectations started as decrees from C-suite executives, after the pandemic broadened the appeal of working from home.

From MarketWatch ● Apr. 1, 2026

“These micromanagerial consent decrees mandate training and other things that go well beyond the scope of the statutes we enforce,” she says.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 27, 2026

For instance, councils need to have a library service - but there are no decrees over how many libraries there should be, when they should be open or how much should be spent on them.

From BBC ● Mar. 19, 2026

So the following year, the mayor decrees that his citizens start celebrating the World Series before the first pitch is thrown—an act that, in his confused mind, will ensure a victory.

From "Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything" by Steven D. Levitt

Tina Peters deserved to go to jail but not for nine years, a panel of judges decreed, ordering her resentencing.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 24, 2026

Not so the computer, which Jobs decreed had to take the form of a perfect cube made of magnesium-alloy—nevermind that cubes are notoriously difficult to manufacture and magnesium tends to cause paint to bubble.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 17, 2026

The reality, however, is that international football's governing bodies have decreed the game must go ahead, whether anyone likes it or not.

From BBC ● Mar. 30, 2026

"Any person or entity that challenges the public order decreed by the transitional authorities will be severely reprimanded, in compliance with the law," the statement said.

From Barron's ● Jan. 9, 2026

The moments that led up to me fell into place as though decreed.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides

It is roughly analogous to a disgruntled DMV employee refusing to process your driver’s license renewal paperwork, and also unilaterally decreeing that you were never allowed to operate a motor vehicle in the first place.

From Slate ● Nov. 21, 2023

Initially, the state Catholic Conference also didn’t back this latest referendum, decreeing in June that church parishes couldn’t be used for signature gathering.

From Seattle Times ● Jul. 26, 2023

Any papal document would likely take the form of an Apostolic Constitution decreeing changes in Church law.

From Reuters ● Aug. 22, 2022

Women’s advocates, largely supported by religious scholars, have always maintained there’s nothing in the Quran decreeing a covering as restrictive as the burqa.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 23, 2021

Nothing could be more straightforward—except we never talk about finding, making or decreeing facts; instead, we ‘establish facts’.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton