decree - use in sentences

Converse of object

  • pronounce: Once the court has pronounced the decree nisi, a formal court order is prepared.
  • elect: Far from being necessary for the fulfillment of Godâs electing decree, the Fall was a departure from Godâs purpose for humanity.
  • enforce: We will then enforce the decree against the party liable.
  • grant: He also granted decree for removing against the defender in terms of the second crave of the initial writ.
  • sign: You know I was going to sign the decree for the tank program.

Adjective modifier

  • presidential: He was retired from military service by Presidential decree on 30 December 2000.
  • papal: No papal decrees, no oral tradition, no latter-day prophesy can contain truth apart from Scripture that is genuinely fundamental.
  • royal: The solution was to get him made Master of Arts in 1819 by royal decree.
  • divine: It is an authoritative divine decree by God's determined judgment.
  • eternal: Our vote cometh too late to retract and alter God's eternal decrees.
  • ministerial: Acts 2935 and 1402 were supplemented by several ministerial decrees having the force of law.

Modifies a noun

  • No.: Article 11: Decree No. 424 dated 10 May 1990 is hereby repealed.

Noun used with modifier

  • divorce: A second filing of the case resulted in a divorce decree in 1883.
  • summary: Summary decree can only be granted once defenses have been lodged.
  • limitation: Antara Koh was therefore not entitled to a limitation decree.
  • consent: Let's talk a bit about your responsibility for technical documentation related to the US Department of Justice consent decree.

Preposition: of

  • nullity: There is no requirement to have been married for more than 12 months to apply for a decree of nullity.
  • divorce: This power arose only on the granting of a decree of divorce.
  • separation: Relationships frequently breakdown and you may be seeking to dissolve the marriage or to obtain a decree of judicial separation.

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