Sentence examples for whose decree from inspiring English sources

In the case of art collector Charles Saatchi, whose decree nisi in his divorce from food writer Nigella Lawson was granted this week, a clearout will be on a grand scale.

This effort alienated both Protestant and Catholic princes and the papacy; even Charles, whose decree it was, was unhappy with the political and diplomatic dimensions of what amounted to half of a religious settlement.

The ultimate authority in the settlement of disputes was the pharaoh, whose decrees were supreme.

Pardoned by the Roman emperor Julian the Apostate, he attended the Synod of Alexandria (362), whose decrees on the Nicene Creed he promulgated, thereby helping to restore orthodoxy and unity throughout the empire.

The Cheyenne were the most politically hierarchical Plains group; their 10 bands sent representatives to a council of 44 peace chiefs, whose decrees were binding on the entire tribe.

Some astrologers, such as the Harranians (from the ancient Mesopotamian city of Harran) and the Hindus, regard the planets themselves as potent deities whose decrees can be changed through supplication and liturgy or through theurgy, the science of persuading the gods or other supernatural powers.

But he roundly decries the modern concept of sovereignty, which creates a power who is above the rules, a power whose decrees are to be considered legitimate simply because they emanate from his will.

Then there's Jeanne D'Arc, whose official decree for being burned at the stake was her refusal to wear women's clothes.

They trace some of the losses to Mr. Orban, whose government decreed that holders of foreign currency loans could redeem them at an artificially low exchange rate.

Judge Bruce discovered that two couples whose divorce decrees he had granted and remarried--each man to the other's former wife.

Judge Kollar-Kotelly will have continuing jurisdiction over compliance with the consent decree, whose provisions remain in force for five years.