| presidential decree | 20.28 | A presidential decree? | ||
| new decree | 4.41 | The new decree took effect yesterday. | ||
| royal decree | 3.49 | The mayors will be ordained by royal decree. | ||
| emergency decree | 2.63 | The emergency decree frees up funds immediately. | ||
| executive decree | 1.78 | Such executive decrees are not uncommon in South America. | ||
| religious decree | 1.38 | He has yet to issue any fatwas, or religious decrees. | ||
| separate decree | 1.25 | A separate decree Saturday dismissed Lebed from that position. | ||
| ministerial decree | 1.18 | The ministerial decree provoked violent protest from the students. | ||
| final decree | 0.99 | No final decree has been issued. | ||
| controversial decree | 0.92 | Lahoud, also a Maronite, has not spoken of the controversial decree. | ||
| financial decree | 0.92 | The mini-crisis over the financial decrees was a very revealing episode. | ||
| recent decree | 0.86 | But a recent decree allows it to ban any party that attempts to draw up an alternative constitution. | ||
| special decree | 0.86 | Officials issued special decrees to help the day go smoothly. | ||
| latest decree | 0.79 | The Crimean parliament in Simferopol was expected to reject the latest decree. | ||
| such decree | 0.72 | Officials said, however, he would not sign such a decree before Monday. | ||
| secret decree | 0.66 | Earlier the court refused to examine a case concerning the secret decree put to it by the Federation Council. | ||
| virtual decree | 0.66 | Swaziland is run by virtual decree by King Mswati III, and political parties are banned. | ||
| economic decree | 0.59 | Ukrainian president signs economic decrees to stave off crisis. | ||
| military decree | 0.59 | Some are being held under a military decree that allows indefinite detention without trial. | ||
| earlier decree | 0.53 | The earlier decree was enforced in April last year by then president Abdurrahman Wahid. |