Translation of decree – English–German dictionary

decree

 
noun
  /diˈkriː/

decree

 
verb
   
past tense, past participle decreed
●
to order, command or decide (something)
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The court decreed that he should pay the fine in full.

(Translation of decree from the PASSWORD English–German Dictionary © 2014 K Dictionaries Ltd)

Examples of decree

decree
They stressed the role of the social-milieu and human-will view that entered the 1882 law decreeing the instruction of morale laque in primary schools.
The provincial government decreed that the city would be provided with the very latest innovations of art and science.
Many of the military decrees from 1914 to 1916 reduced the workday.
A legal argument asserting delegative laws and necessity and urgency decrees to be unconstitutional was interpreted as disastrous for the future of the economic plan.
Nearly 100 decrees involving proprietary interests in ships or cargo rank second in frequency.
Likewise, the number of privatisation decrees is also significant in this period.
Both decrees were originally designed as stop gap measures pending constitutional amendments and secondary legislation to regulate the various services.
Therefore, he decreed, by means of explicit assumption, that everyone would live on dividend income, thus maximizing the possibility of spatial mobility.
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Translations of decree

in Chinese (Traditional)
法令,政令, 命令, 頒佈法令,下達政令…
in Chinese (Simplified)
法令,政令, 命令, 颁布法令,下达政令…
in Spanish
decreto, decretar, sentencia…
in Portuguese
decreto, decretar, sentença…
in more languages
in Turkish
in French
in Dutch
in Czech
in Danish
in Indonesian
in Thai
in Vietnamese
in Polish
in Swedish
in Malay
in Norwegian
in Ukrainian
in Russian
kararname, emir, ferman…
décret, arrêté, arrêt…
decreet, vonnis, beslissen…
nařízení, předpis, rozhodnutí…
dekret, forordning, befaling…
dekrit, maklumat, memerintahkan…
พระราชกฤษฎีกา, กฎ, ข้อบังคับ…
sắc lệnh, bản án, ra sắc lệnh…
dekret, rozporządzenie, wyrok…
dekret, påbud, dom…
perintah, dekri, mengeluarkan perintah…
påbud, forbud, bestemmelse…
декрет, указ, рішення…
указ…
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