Sentence examples for three decrees from inspiring English sources

In three decrees, or ukases, issued in 1783, 1791, and 1794, Catherine II the Great restricted the commercial rights of Jews to those areas newly annexed.

Rio mayor Eduardo Paes recently signed three decrees calling for the urgent removal of the remaining 58 properties on a site he has declared a public utility.

He was a leader of the American bishops who proposed three decrees that were approved in 1884 by the Third Plenary Council of Baltimore, which was empowered to legislate for all ecclesiastical provinces in the country.

He was there to testify before the judge about the sale of 6,500 tons of arms that were supposedly destined for Panama and Venezuela, according to three decrees signed by the former president while in office.

In its four annual sessions, the Council has promulgated sixteen decrees.

But the legislation needed to implement it is contained in eight decrees, of which four have now been approved.

President Boris Yeltsin has issued four decrees proposing all manner of changes to better the army's lot.

Earlier, the first of two decrees signed by President Idris Deby confirmed: "A presidential pardon has been granted to the six French members of Zoe's Ark".

The former purpose has been carried out to a considerable, though not complete, extent by the sixteen decrees, whose implementation represents the work that has only started.

Two decrees of 1781 made Joseph popular among the commoners: he abolished restrictions on the personal freedom (serfdom) of the peasants, and he granted religious toleration.

To accomplish this, the history discloses, the coup plotters had to get out the news that the shah had signed the two decrees.