Sentence examples for decree were set from inspiring English sources

The terms of the consent decree were set in 2002.

The decree was set in motion by a precedent-setting 2009 Supreme Court decision involving a dispute between two West Virginia coal companies that had done business with each other for years - until one went bankrupt - leading to a judicial scandal that inspired a John Grisham novel.

In 2006, however, as the decree was set to expire, Feess angrily rebuked the department for what he found to be its slow pace of reform and extended the decree for five years.

The deadline to finalize Baltimore's consent decree was set for November 1, in part because Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blakey a key player in the negotiations, is leaving office in early December.

The biggest problem for songwriters with the consent decrees is setting the royalty rate.

Contextual evidence suggests that three large stelai bearing decrees relating to Philip V were set up either in the temple or along the Corinth-Isthmus roat athehe north border of the temenos.

Dr. Pascal Yiou, the lead researcher, said French grape harvests were a good proxy because harvest dates were set by official decree and archived records went back centuries.

Back then the interest rates that small savers could earn were set by government decree.

Many statues were set up, and many honours decreed to him by the several cities.

Thirdly, they claim that the decree must be set aside because it exceeds the court's power and is impracticable of enforcement or of compliance.

If the R.N.C. is found liable, the decree, which is set to expire next year, will be extended for eight more years.