Translation of decree – English–Vietnamese dictionary

decree

 
noun
  /diˈkriː/
●
an order or law
sắc lệnh
A decree was issued by the king.
●
a ruling of a court of civil law.
bản án

decree

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

(Translation of decree from the PASSWORD English-Vietnamese Dictionary © 2015 K Dictionaries Ltd)

Examples of decree

decree
In response, revolutionary\military governments responded with decrees mandating medical coverage in the workplace.
In a second step, again after very little public debate, a structural pension reform was decreed in 1980 by the military junta.
After this loss of honour (for such was the decree's real significance), conservative nobles retreated into passivity or departed altogether.
In 1977 the new military government decreed that foreign and national firms would be treated equally under the industrial promotion laws.
Attention is drawn to the need to distinguish between the monetary policy and their financial policy in the anti-shroffing decrees issued by the authorities.
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 repeated resort to the so-called decrees of ' urgency and need ' represent a clear invasion of legislative prerogatives by the executive.
Between 1919 and 1922 government introduced a series of short-term decrees establishing the right to automatic contract extensions and a maximum percentage by which the rent could be raised.
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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…
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in Ukrainian
kararname, emir, ferman…
décret, arrêté, arrêt…
decreet, vonnis, beslissen…
nařízení, předpis, rozhodnutí…
dekret, forordning, befaling…
dekrit, maklumat, memerintahkan…
พระราชกฤษฎีกา, กฎ, ข้อบังคับ…
dekret, rozporządzenie, wyrok…
dekret, påbud, dom…
perintah, dekri, mengeluarkan perintah…
der Erlass, der Entscheid, verfügen…
påbud, forbud, bestemmelse…
декрет, указ, рішення…
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