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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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

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

oversaw response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Amidst the pandemic, Masisi ruled by decree from March 2020 to September 2021, despite protests from the public...

to rule without its consent. After the Nazi Party's rise to power in the early 1930s, the law allowed Chancellor Adolf Hitler, with decrees issued by Hindenburg...

had eliminated itself and that his government had the authority to rule by decree under emergency provisions dating from the First World War. This was...

Ferdinand Marcos declared martial law on September 23, 1972. Marcos then ruled by decree. As early as 1970, Marcos had convened a constitutional convention...

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...

President and military patriot, Fructuoso Rivera. The preference for rule by decree of nineteenth century Colorado President of Uruguay Venancio Flores...

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

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

Reformation Parliament passed by Henry VIII. The act permitted the King to rule by decree, ordering that "traditional" proclamations (that is, any unable to impose...

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...

Ferdinand Marcos declared martial law and abolished Congress. He would rule by decree even after the 1973 Constitution abolished the bicameral Congress and...

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...