Sentence examples for peremptory order from inspiring English sources

This brought him a peremptory order to return to Russia and, on his refusal, the loss of his passport.

He does so largely through the prism of the only three people in the Cortes who disobeyed Lieut-Colonel Tejero's peremptory order to lie on the floor: Adolfo Suárez, the outgoing prime minister; General Manuel Gutiérrez Mellado, the deputy prime minister and defence minister; and Santiago Carrillo, the veteran leader of the Spanish Communist Party.

Gonen finally issued a peremptory order to Sharon to transfer troops to the east bank and conduct a full-scale attack to widen the corridor.

Velázquez kept extending his second trip, despite Philip's increasingly peremptory orders that he come home.

Starting to panic, I issued peremptory orders: "Put the fan full on me! Raise my feet!

But his father, who had spent years fighting the attempts of the Castilians to annex Portugal, wanted peace with them and sent peremptory orders to return home.

William Golding's The Inheritors also comes to mind in the creator's attempt to teach his creature language, which leads to an amusing role reversal when Adamu gives peremptory orders to his godhead.

No matter how thoroughly he perused the maps at his disposal in planning the Canada campaign of 1775-76, for instance, Washington had to admit that his "ignorance of the country" prevented him from giving Philip Schuyler "peremptory orders" because the major general knew the lay of the land better than his commander did.

This is why it produces written opinions rather than peremptory orders (and why its members wear robes and read their decisions from a pedestal): it has to persuade elected officials, through a combination of reason and mystique, to back its rules by force.

Ewell, who had previously served under Stonewall Jackson, a general well known for issuing peremptory orders, determined such an assault was not practicable and, thus, did not attempt it; this decision is considered by historians to be a great missed opportunity.

Still in January, Martindale applied to the Supreme Court for mandamus, and the court issued an alternative mandamus (essentially, an order to show cause why peremptory mandamus should not issue) on March 6, 1845, which was served March 25.