Sentence examples similar to decree of may from inspiring English sources

The decree of May 15, 1791 which accorded political rights to mulattoes born of free parents and recognizing them as active citizens was a defeat for the colonists, yet they refused to comply with it (SFHR, 80).

Is it instantly refuted by the facts of English, such as the decree that nouns may not be converted into verbs?

-- The pope's decree on abortion may signal a change in tone, not practice.

Although the Athenian use of the Megarian Decree may be the most famous example from ancient times, it was surely not the first.

On the basis of one of his military decrees, however, Mubarak may override a decision of a High Security Court by granting an amnesty.

Decree of Canopus, ancient bilingual, trigraphic Egyptian decree that provided a key for deciphering hieroglyphic and demotic scripts.

The actual decree of the Honduran Congress is attached.

(Ministry of Health, Ministerial Decree of 15th December 1990 and Ministerial Decree of 29th July 1998).

TORG was then officially established by a decree of the Directorate General of Disease Control and Environmental Health in 2004.

Certified final decree of adoption from the superior court.

However, a divorce decree may be required to prove the date of the divorce.