decree

Example Sentences

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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

Yose said fuel price cuts were more likely than any decision in the near term to raise the fiscal deficit, which would require a change to the law or a presidential decree.

From Barron's

A decree issued by the government on Monday ordered prosecutors to investigate "whether Hungarian criminal organisations, terrorist organisations or political organisations present in Hungary may have benefited from the transported assets".

From BBC

As they have no official offices in the jurisdiction, sheriff officers sought to give the decree to an employee in person.

From BBC

Vietnam has prepared a draft decree that would slash import tax rates to zero on certain petroleum products in a bid to "stabilise the domestic market", its finance ministry has said.

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