Sentence examples for first decreed from inspiring English sources

In 1926, when the rules of high society first decreed that a man could wear one suit for the whole day, a corresponding all-day shoe was introduced, the Wildsmith Loafer, with the earliest adopter being King George VI.

To save an alleged £80,000 on printing costs, Parliament is ditching a tradition that first decreed that Acts should be handwritten "in a peculiar strong black hand" on goatskin parchment and then, starting with the Inland Revenue Board Act 1849, printed on calfskin vellum.

The FCC first decreed that states had to reimburse carriers through a subscriber tax, but then eliminated that requirement, sticking carriers with the bill.

And if last year saw the prodigal son return from the wilderness, 2015 saw him settle into the throne, with Shutdown the triumphant first decree.

The spirit of the Two-thirds Decree haunted this process, however, since the directors believed that stability required their continuation in power and the exclusion of royalists or Jacobins.

But as one of its final acts the Convention added the "Two-thirds Decree" to the package, requiring for the sake of continuity that two-thirds of its deputies must sit by right in the new legislature regardless of voting in the départements.

His very first decree was to close down Kiev Thought.

The first decrees of this kind to be issued in Germany date from the 14th century.

Political tradition dictates that whoever is elected makes his first decree an amnesty on traffic fines.

One of Putin's first decrees was to protect Yeltsin from future prosecution.

Evidence shows that the first decree in which Ptolemy's name precedes Cleopatra's was in October of 50 bce.