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
In autumn 1942, new ministerial decrees and internal regulations undermined the construct of petitioners' 'racial outward appearance' as the sole or even main factor in permitting racial examinations.
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 careful wording of the decrees, he insists, was usually a compromise between conflicting views that left many vague areas and unclear lacunae, themselves in need of interpretation.
To this end, throughout the autumn of 1933 the government decreed a dramatic series of reforms.
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.
The new policy was maintained through annual imperial decrees, rather than by changing the conscription regulations.
At the same time, he supported his local allies by decreeing states of siege to allow electoral manipulation.
Their official status was decreed in 1961 and has thus far been observed scrupulously.
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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
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in French
in Dutch
in Czech
in Danish
in Indonesian
in Thai
in Vietnamese
in Polish
in Swedish
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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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