Sentence examples for might decree from inspiring English sources
If the machine that printed out the telegraph sputtered, he might decree a long succession of imaginary foul balls.
Warfare skills were thus inculcated by the nomads' way of life, and their mobility made it possible to concentrate large numbers of experienced warriors wherever a tribal chieftain or high king might decree.
The purist view might decree that the digital format threatens the sanctity of fine art in much the same way as the music aficionado bemoans the death of vinyl.
For example, physical pain, considered just in itself, is plausibly considered to be universally bad for the person experiencing it, apart from what any authority might decree, yet this moral truth is arguably not stance-independent.
More obviously, Wilson, with the benefit of a real-time replay, might have decreed not out.
There is concern that this might provide an opportunity for the Congress to decree a new amnesty law altogether.
In some community property states, such as Texas, a court has the authority to decree an "equitable" distribution of community property which might be unequal.
As discussed above, Proverbs 31:4-5 warns kings and rulers that they might "forget what is decreed, and pervert the rights of all the afflicted".
But desirable as they might be, we live in a democracy where policy is normally established through due process rather than decree.
Brüning now governed almost exclusively by decree.
