"orders and decrees" is correct and usable in written English.
You could use it when discussing legal instructions or rulings. For example, "The court issued a number of orders and decrees concerning the case."
A Civil Governor was the representative of the Gov.-General, whose orders and decrees he had to publish and execute at his own discretion.
One expert, Matthew Rendall, said the statue is covered under Cambodian statutes, royal orders and decrees dating to the early 1900s that declare such items to be the "exclusive" and "immovable" property of the government.
"A civil contempt proceeding is an appropriate vehicle to enforce compliance with court orders and decrees when attempting to preserve and enforce the rights of [the parties]." Trahan v. Trahan, 455 A.2d 1307, 1311 (R.I.1983).
The United States remained neutral, but both Britain and France imposed various orders and decrees severely restricting American trade with Europe and confiscated American ships for violating the new rules.
All property taken or detained under any revenue law of the United States shall not be repleviable, but shall be deemed to be in the custody of the law and subject only to the orders and decrees of the courts of the United States having jurisdiction thereof.
A transcript of the proceedings, orders, and decrees of the circuit court of the United States for the Eastern district of Virginia in the suit of Cooper et al. v. Marye et al., referred to in the order of commitment, is also produced, and set out in full as a part of the record in this matter.
Mexico and the Vatican broke diplomatic relations in the mid-19th century after President Benito Juarez confiscated all church properties here, suppressed religious orders and decreed the separation of church and state to end the dominance of the church.
Every pleading in the case, including the answer and cross-bill filed by the defendant, and every order and decree made by the court, was entitled 'The New Orleans National Bank v. C. L. Fortier.' In the appeal bond given by the defendant the case was described in the same manner.
'This cause came on this day to be heard upon the motion of the complainants for a preliminary injunction, and was argued by counsel; upon consideration whereof it is adjudged, ordered, and decreed, for reasons stated in writing and made part of the record, that the injunction be issued as prayed in the bill, and remain in force until the further order of the court.
Congress has manifested its solicitude that the power to grant writs of injunction against orders of the Interstate Commerce Commission shall be exercised with special care, by requiring the consideration of applications to be made by three judges and by giving an appeal directly to this court both in the case of interlocutory orders and final decrees.
If is further ordered, adjudged, and decreed that all rates, tariffs, circulars, and orders heretofore made and issued by said commission, and fully described in Exhibit C to the bill of complaint herein, be, and they are hereby, declared to be unreasonable, unfair, and unjust as to complainant and cross complainant, and they are hereby canceled, and declared to be null, void, and of no effect.
