Rule by decree is a style of governance allowing quick, unchallenged promulgation of law by a single person or group of people, usually without legislative...

A decree nisi or rule nisi (from Latin nisi 'unless') is a court order that will come into force at a future date unless a particular condition is met...

A decree is a legal proclamation, usually issued by a head of state, judge, royal figure, or other relevant authorities, according to certain procedures...

The Reichstag Fire Decree (German: Reichstagsbrandverordnung) is the common name of the Decree of the Reich President for the Protection of People and...

derivative suits, or bankruptcy action. Many of these rules create the space for consent decree by establishing the role of judges within the settlement...

rule by decree, or may wield power by exercising binding (but informal) control over a nominally civilian government. These two forms of junta rule are...

instituted a state of emergency from 1975 to 1977, during which she ruled by decree and basic civil liberties were suspended. More than 100,000 political...

the world at that time. With unrestricted political power and able to rule by decree, Mswati III (together with his mother, Ntfombi Tfwala, now Queen Mother...

characterised by some of the following: suspension of elections and civil liberties; proclamation of a state of emergency; rule by decree; repression of...

Assembly granted Maduro the power to rule by decree until 19 November 2014. On 10 March 2015, Maduro asked to rule by decree for a second time following the...

dominated by Obiang's Democratic Party of Equatorial Guinea (PDGE). The constitution grants Obiang sweeping powers, including the power to rule by decree. Although...

the president. After the crisis, Yeltsin governed the country in a rule by decree until 1994, as the Supreme Soviet of Russia was absent. Secessionist...

performed a self-coup, dissolving parliament and instituting a presidential rule by decree system. The crisis ended with Yeltsin using military force to attack...

March 1977. The order bestowed upon the prime minister the authority to rule by decree, allowing elections to be cancelled and civil liberties to be suspended...

James became king, making Mary heir presumptive. James's attempts at rule by decree and the birth of his son from a second marriage, James Francis Edward...

was succeeded by his Vice President Nicolás Maduro, who gained a slim majority in the 14 April 2013 special election and has ruled by decree for the majority...

authority, and allowed a royally-appointed Prime Minister and Cabinet to rule by decree through Orders in Council. In 1966 Oswald Mosley advocated a government...

judiciary and arrest of his main political opposition figures. He ruled by decree until he was successful in passing a new constitution which granted...

vote to rule by decree". Politico. Retrieved 30 March 2020. Amaro, Silvia (31 March 2020). "Coronavirus in Hungary – Viktor Orban rules by decree indefinitely"...

Ghulam Muhammad before its powers were assumed by the president—could dismiss a prime minister and rule by decree until a new government could be formed. Many...

National Assembly to rule by decree multiple times throughout his tenure, passing hundreds of laws. Chávez ruled Venezuela by decree in 2000, 2001, 2004...

Reichstag and began to use the Presidential powers to rule by decree. This was received positively by many conservatives who disliked democratic government...

president in 1976), it is arguably not accurate to equate rule by decree with military rule, although these may at times coincide.[citation needed] Among...

to rule by decree. The bill also makes the deliberate distribution of "misleading information that obstructs responses to the pandemic" punishable by up...

another law granted Charles de Gaulle and his cabinet the power to rule by decree for up to six months, except on matters of criminal law, electoral law...

eligible to be renewed. Under the Weimar Constitution, the President could rule by decree in times of emergency using Article 48. During the election campaign...

Nazis, allowing the Chancellor to remain in power and continue his rule by decree. In exchange, Papen lifted the ban on the Nazi Sturmabteilung (SA) militia...

which was interrupted by the Nazis in the July election. After the election, von Papen urged Hindenburg to continue to rule by decree, while at the same...

used his power to act on all matters that did not require a plenum to rule by decree. Over time, he also usurped many powers that constitutionally belonged...

amendments drafted by Indira Gandhi to rule by decree. Lampooned in an iconic cartoon by Abu Abraham, Ahmed's reputation was tarnished by his support for...