The phrase "adopted a decree" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to the formal acceptance or enactment of a rule or regulation by an authority or governing body.
Example: "The council adopted a decree to improve public safety in the community."
Alternatives: "passed a decree" or "enacted a decree".
Chalcedon adopted a decree declaring that Christ was to be "acknowledged in two natures, without being mixed, transmuted, divided, or separated".
On Friday, the government adopted a decree that will require regions to adhere to stricter fiscal discipline or face fines of as much as 0.2 percent of their G.D.P., Mr. Montoro said.
The Yugoslav cabinet adopted a decree that opens the way to send the former president, Slobodan Milosevic, and others wanted on war crimes charges to the United Nations tribunal in The Hague.
The Yugoslav cabinet adopted a decree today committing itself to sending the former president, Slobodan Milosevic, to the United Nations tribunal in The Hague to face trial on war crimes charges.
A pulp and paper mill built on Lake Baikal's southern shore in 1966 drew strong environmental protests from Soviet scientists and writers because its wastes were polluting the water, and in 1971 the Soviet government adopted a decree to protect the lake from polluting emissions.
Following his request, the ecclesia adopted a decree condemning the most prominent anti-Macedonian agitators to death.
In 1993, a waste management business, Metalclad, sued Mexico for indirect expropriation after Mexico had adopted an ecological decree declaring the area where the company was doing business and seeking to develop a landfill to be a natural reserve.
The presidential standard, which has been in use since 1997, was adopted by a decree called "Concerning the Standard of the President of Republic of Belarus".
The standard, which has been in use since March 27 , 1997 was adopted by a decree called "Concerning the Standard of the President of Republic of Belarus".
Salt was identified as the best way of including iodine in traditional diets, and in1995 the government adopted an official government decree requiring that iodine be added to all salt produced and sold in the country.
First, he adopted a middle road about the question of predestination, asserting that God decreed some things absolutely but left others to human agency a compromise that was widely adopted.
