The phrase "a special decree" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts where a formal order or decision is being issued, often by a governing body or authority.
Example: "The government issued a special decree to address the urgent needs of the community during the crisis."
Alternatives: "an official order" or "a formal proclamation".
In 2006, through a special decree, his family was granted Bahraini citizenship — a gesture rarely extended to foreign workers in the Gulf countries.
A special decree signed by President Putin in 2017 restricts "public events not related to sports competitions" for the duration of the tournament.
He had been so close to the president, traveling with him on most state visits, that Mr. Mubarak issued a special decree to allow Mr. Suleiman to retain his post even after passing the mandatory retirement age.
He issued a special decree sacking a first-deputy prime minister, Anatoly Chubais, whom he had pledged publicly a month before to keep in the government until at least 2000.By way of attempted explanation Mr Yeltsin said that the changes were needed "to give economic reform more energy and efficiency".
There were two courses open: First, to surrender them for trial before a Cuban court * * * the second course was to utilize the extraordinary authority which inhered in the office of the provisional governor and which extended to the making of laws, to promulgate a special decree creating a provisional court for the trial of these men.
France's Socialist government has taken the risky and controversial decision to bypass parliament and use a special decree to force through a contested labour reform bill by its president, François Hollande, that has brought hundreds of thousands of protesters on to the streets.
When Dai failed the civil service exam for the sixth time, in 1775, the emperor finally made him a jinshi by special decree, and Dai became a member of the Imperial Academy.
In November of that same year, in an act of outreach to conservative Anglicans, Benedict approved an apostolic constitution, or special decree, that allowed Anglican clergymen and laypersons to join the Roman Catholic Church while maintaining some Anglican traditions.
In his election manifesto Macron pledged to use a special presidential decree to force through measures making it easier, among other things, for employers to hire and fire.
In mid-August, Mediapro was the chief beneficiary of a special "royal decree" approved on a fast-track vote by the Spanish cabinet that opened the way for digital over-the-air television available on a subscription basis.
The president has asked Congress to grant him special decree powers and to approve a fast-track legislative process to make the laws necessary to apply the peace deal once it is signed.
