Category
page 1Decrees

decree
thumb|Royal Polish Decree issued by Casimir III the Great
A decree is a legal proclamation, usually issued by a head of state, judge, royal figure, or other relevant authorities, according to certain procedures. These procedures are usually defined by the constitution, Legislative laws, or customary laws of a government.
Alhambra Decree
1492 decree expelling Jews from Spain
Beneš decrees
laws passed by the Czechoslovakian govornment-in-exile (1940-45)

Firman
thumb |A Fat'h Ali Shah Qajar firman in Shekaste Nastaliq script, January 1831
Reichstag Fire Decree
1933 decree in Nazi Germany that abolished key civil liberties for citizens
Nueva Planta decrees
centralization decrees after the War of Spanish Succession
Carlsbad Decrees
Decree of 1819 suppressing German nationalism
Nero Decree
order issued by Hitler in March 1945 to destroy German infrastructure
Decree of Canopus
decree
To the Nations
decree of the Second Vatican Council on the missionary activity of the Catholic Church
Apostolicam Actuositatem
Catholic Decree on the Apostolate of the Laity
Christus Dominus
catholic Decree on the Pastoral Office of Bishops
Gravissimum Educationis
1965 Catholic declaration on education
Executive Order of the President of Russia
Russian legal act
Megarian decree
economic sanctions imposed by the Delian League on Megara
Berlin Decree
1806 degree by Napoleon in Berlin blockading Britain
Decree 770
Romanian natalist decree restricting contraception
Decree of Kutná Hora
Crémieux Decree
1870 French decree regarding Algerian Jews
Obznana
thumb|Copy of Obznana
The Obznana (; Serbo-Croatian for "Proclamation") was a government decree that was issued on 29 December 1920 in the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes (Yugoslavia), which mandated closure of all organizations, trade unions and newspapers associated with the Communist Party of Yugoslavia (CPY). It also banned any kind of communist propaganda, stipulating that any person accused of "bolshevik propaganda" should be fired from a public job.
Decree against Communism
1949 Catholic Church document

Ptolemaic Decrees
ancient Egyptian religious decrees
Decree of War to the Death
Simon Bolivar's declaration of no quarter
Decree of Themistocles
Decree of Memphis
ancient inscribed stone stela dating from ancient Egypt
Rule by decree
style of governance
Coptos Decrees
Group of ancient Egyptian royal decrees
Polish decrees
Banishment Stela
stele
Ventôse Decrees
Legislation proposed by Louis de Saint-Just
Milan Decree
1807 decree by Napoleon I of France
Royal Decree of Graces of 1815
1815 Real Cédula approved by the Spanish Crown
Kararname
Amiri decree
Decree of the Reich President for the Protection of the German People
Crucifix Decrees