Sentence examples for decree by which from inspiring English sources

According to Beza the capstone of this system was the doctrine of an absolute decree by which God predestined some persons to everlasting life and others to hell.

Thrasybulus was now the hero of the people; but a decree by which he secured the franchise for all his noncitizen followers was rescinded as illegal.

The oldest document in which Sweden is referred to as a united and independent kingdom is a papal decree, by which Sweden in 1164 became a diocese with its own archbishop in Uppsala.

In 1806, in an attempt to use French control of continental ports to blockade Britain indirectly, Napoleon issued the Berlin Decree, by which ships passing to French-controlled ports after calling at British ports were liable to seizure.

"Taking into consideration the difficult situation of the Palestinian people and the necessities imposed by the situation, President Arafat issued a presidential decree by which he declared a state of emergency," Mr. Qurei told The Associated Press.

Historically, the best known are those issued in November and December 1807, which imposed a blockade on Napoleonic Europe by the British and, in response, the decree by which the French might seize any neutral ship that complied with the British regulations.

A demurrer to the answer was sustained, and a decree rendered by which it was adjudged that the Pullman Company be ousted, prohibited, restrained, and enjoined from transacting, as a corporation, any business of a domestic or intrastate character within the state of Kansas.

Upon final hearing, a decree was entered by which these exceptions were overruled, and the court of appeals sustained this action of the supreme court (37 App. D. C. supra).

Undue delays that occurred sometimes in the completion of residencias prompted the issuance of a royal decree, in 1667, by which the time limit on the residencia of viceroys was set at six months, on other officials at two months.

Like paragraph 4.b, this paragraph would address the Court's conclusion that Microsoft unlawfully tied Internet Explorer to Windows.... 4. Term & Monitoring of Compliance Microsoft's proposed final judgment also includes appropriate provisions regarding the term of the decree and the means by which the government can monitor Microsoft's compliance.

The criteria by which we decree any event to be a sport are largely subjective, and activities that lie in its hinterland face an uphill struggle for recognition.