Some successfully resisted these decrees and ultimately received a dispensation from the government to continue wearing their turbans.
Yesterday I received the decree absolute dissolving my marriage to a woman I adored, but who cheated and lied to me (for which I blame myself for being such a failed human being).
James had a controversial religious policy; his attempt to grant freedom of religion to non-Anglicans by suspending acts of Parliament by royal decree was not well received.
In 1947, a year after Escrivá moved the organization's headquarters to Rome, Opus Dei received a decree of praise and approval from Pope Pius XII, making it an institute of "pontifical right", i.e. under the direct governance of the Pope.
After receiving decree powers, the president signed several laws governing the economy.
Tonight, he declared that he had not received an official decree from Mr. Arafat ordering his dismissal.
He was born in Stuart, Iowa, and received a bachelor's decree in 1925 from Creighton University in Nebraska and his law degree in 1927 from the University of Southern California.
Nearly two decades after the collapse of the Soviet Union and the return of religion to public life, localities in Russia are increasingly decreeing that to receive a proper public school education, children should be steeped in the ways of the Russian Orthodox Church, including its traditions, liturgy and historic figures.
By 1934, the Brazilian government had issued a decree banning Fawcett search parties unless they received special permission.
The news of the failure of the French armies in Belgium gave rise in Paris to popular movements on March 9 10, 1793; and on March 10, on the proposal of Georges Danton, the Convention decreed that there should be established in Paris an extraordinary criminal tribunal, which received the official name of the Revolutionary Tribunal by a decree of Oct. 29, 1793.
