Unreferenced date January 2009 Alhambra is a solitaire card game which is played using two decks of playing card s. Its unusual feature is akin to that of Crazy Quilt solitaire Crazy Quilt the cards in the reserve are built either on the foundations or on a waste pile. First, one King and one Ace is removed from the shuffled decks and placed in a row as foundations. Right below them, eight piles of four cards are dealt these piles serve as the reserve. The King foundations are built down by suit while the Ace foundations are built up, also by suit. The top cards of the reserve piles are available only to be built on the foundation there is no building. When there are no more moves possible, the stock is dealt, one card at a time, on the waste pile, the top card of which is available. The cards on the wastepile can be built on the foundations, while it can be built upon by cards from the reserve piles. When the stock is exhausted, the waste pile which by then already includes cards from the reserve is picked up and turned over to become the new stock. This can be done twice in the entire game. The game finishes soon after the stock is exhausted the third time. The game is won when all cards are built into the foundations. Category Solitaire card games ... more details
not obtain majority of votes to become the laws due to disagreements within the Duma. The Decree on Peace ... or annexations . This decree aimed to secure the support of many soldiers on the disintegrating ... the Treaty of Brest Litovsk which divested Russia of its Baltic territory. The Decree on Land outlined ... wikitable Old Style and New Style dates New Style Date Decree Name Issued by E text rowspan 3 November 8 Decree on Peace 2nd Congress of Soviets of Workers , Soldiers , and Peasants Deputies http www.marxists.org archive lenin works 1917 oct 25 26 26b.htm Decree on Land 2nd Congress of Soviets ... 26 26d.htm Decree on Establishment of the Workers and Peasants Government 2nd Congress of Soviets of Workers ... 26e.htm November 9 Decree on Press Sovnarkom http his95.narod.ru doc15 d35.htm November 11 Decree on an Eight hour day Eight Hour Working Day Sovnarkom November 22 Decree on Establishment of the State ... Decree Abolishing Classes and Civil Ranks VTsIK http www.law.edu.ru norm norm.asp?normID 1119199 December 5 Decree on Courts VTsIK http www.law.edu.ru norm norm.asp?normID 1119194 December 15 Decree ... norm norm.asp?normID 1119201 December 27 Decree on the Nationalization of the Banks VTsIK http www.law.edu.ru norm norm.asp?normID 1119084 rowspan 2 December 29 Decree on the Election of Officers and on the Organization of Authority in the Army VTsIK, Sovnarkom Decree on the Equalization of Rights of All Serving in the Army VTsIK, Sovnarkom December 31 Decree on the State Independence ... and New Style dates New Style Date Decree Name Issued by E text January 4 Decree on the Daylight saving time Clock Change Sovnarkom http www.spbpravo.ru docs cccp.php?id 8218 January 19 Decree on the Dissolution ... norm.asp?normID 1119093 January 28 Decree on Establishment of the Workers and Peasants Red Army Sovnarkom http law.edu.ru norm norm.asp?normID 1119198 February 2 Decree on Freedom of Conscience, Church and Religious Societies Sovnarkom http www.law.edu.ru norm norm.asp?normID 1119186 February 3 Decree ... more details
The Coptos Decree of Nubkheperre Intef is a legal ruling written in Egyptian hieroglyphs hieroglyphic on the wall of the Min god Min temple in Coptos. Content of the Decree Wikisourcepar Coptos Decree The Coptos Decree was issued by Nubkheperre Intef to Minemhet concerning the removal of Teti, Son of Minhotep , from his position in the temple. According to the decree, Teti had committed some serious misconduct, which has been interpreted differently by different translators. Teti had either supported the kings enemies, or had stolen an item from the temple of Min. ref Schneider, Thomas. Antef V, Encyclopedia of the Pharaohs. D sseldorf Zurich 2002, ISBN 3491960533 ref ref Sethe, Kurt. Erl uterungen zu den gyptischen Lesest cken . Leipzig 1927 ref The wording of the degree probably indicates the latter. The consequences of this crime were serious and far reaching. The culprit not only lost his offices and emoluments, but he and his family members were excluded from his offices for the future. Historical significance The Coptos decree provides the highest documented regnal year for Nubkheperre Intef. References references DEFAULTSORT Coptos Decree Category Seventeenth Dynasty of Egypt Ancient Egypt stub de Koptos Dekret des Nub cheper Re Anjotef ... more details
A consent decree also referred to as a consent order or stipulated judgment or agreed judgment is a final, binding Judiciary judicial decree or Legal judgment judgment memorializing a voluntary agreement between parties to a Lawsuit suit in return for withdrawal of a criminal indictment charge or an end to a civil litigation . In a typical consent decree, the defendant has already ceased or agrees to cease the conduct alleged by the plaintiff to be illegal and consents to a court injunction barring the conduct in the future. A consent judgment can also memorialize payment of damages. Sometimes the defendant expressly does not admit to fault, illegality or damages. Consent decrees are used most commonly in criminal law and family law . They are frequently used by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission . They are sometimes used in antitrust law . A consent decree can be either interlocutory or final. The former is given on some plea or Issue legal issue arising in the cause which does not decide the main question the latter settles the matter in dispute, and a final decree has the same effect as a Legal judgment judgment at law. Once entered, a consent decree is binding on the consenting parties and cannot be reviewed except on a showing that the consent was obtained by fraud or that the decree was based on mutual error or a failure of consent . If the party against whom the judgment is rendered violates the terms of the consent decree, the judgment is as binding as any other, and the non breaching party may seek enforcement through a contempt action. Enforcement actions vary, but can include wage garnishment and or property lien s . See also Stipulation Judgment law References http www.justice.gov enrd Consent Decrees.html Consent decrees recently entered by the U.S. Department of Justice http legal dictionary.thefreedictionary.com consent decree DEFAULTSORT Consent decree Category Judgment law Category Criminal law Category Family law Category Legal procedure Category ... more details
A decree nisi from the Latin nisi , meaning unless is a court order that does not have any force until such time that a particular condition is met, such as a subsequent petition to the court or the passage of a specified period of time. ref name Legal Definition cite web url http www.duhaime.org LegalDictionary D DecreeNisi.aspx title Legal Definition of Decree Nisi last Duhaime first Lloyd publisher Duhaime.org accessdate 13 Jul 2011 ref Once the condition is met, the ruling becomes decree absolute and is binding. Typically, the condition is that no new evidence or further petitions with a bearing on the case are introduced to the court. The wording of such a decree is generally in the form of that the marriage, had and solemnized on date between AB and CD, be dissolved by reason that grounds UNLESS sufficient cause be shown to the court why this decree should not be made absolute within six months of the making hereof . This allows time for any party who objects to the divorce to come forward with those objections. It is also at times termed as rule nisi . Citation needed date April 2010 In most common law jurisdiction s, a decree nisi must be obtained in possession proceedings before the court will order foreclosure under a mortgage law mortgage enforcement. This form of ruling has become a rarity in recent times, with one exception in some jurisdictions it is still a standard stage of divorce proceedings. In England and Wales, section 1 5 of the Matrimonial Causes Act 1973 ref cite web url http www.opsi.gov.uk RevisedStatutes Acts ukpga 1973 plain cukpga 19730018 en pt1 ... accessdate 5 February 2010 ref provides that Every decree of divorce shall in the first instance be a decree nisi and shall not be made absolute before the expiration of six months from its grant , and section 9 1 allows any person including the Queen s Proctor , before the decree is made absolute, to show cause why the decree should not be made absolute by reason of material facts not having ... more details
The decree of an Emir or his representatives Arabic , generally in Bahrain , Kuwait , Qatar and the United Arab Emirates . See for example Amiri Decree Law No. 13 of 1984 Bahrain , establishing a High Counsel for Labour Services sup 1 sup Amiri Decree No. 11 1999 Qatar forming a Constitution Drafting Committee sup 2 sup Amiri Decree No. 3 of 1988 as amended by the Amiri Decree No. 3 of 1996 Ajman , UAE creating and granting autonomous status to the Ajman Free Zone sup 3 sup References http www.bah molsa.com english sec2ch11.htm Counsel for Labour Services Bahrain http www.diwan.gov.qa english qatar AmiriDecree 11 1999.htm Constitution Drafting Committee Qatar http www.ajmanfreezone.gov.ae about overview.htm Ajman Free Zone Ajman, UAE Category Bahraini law Category Emirati law Category Constitutions of the United Arab Emirates Category Sharia Category Qatari law Category Kuwaiti law ... more details
The Megarian Decree was a set of economic sanctions levied upon Megara circa 432 BC by the Athenian Empire shortly before the outbreak of the Peloponnesian War . The ostensible reason for the Decree was the Megarians supposed trespass on land sacred to Demeter and the killing of the Athenian herald who was sent to their city to reproach them. In all likelihood, it was an act of revenge by the Athenians for the treacherous behaviour of the Megarians some years earlier. It was also a deliberate provocation towards Sparta on behalf of Pericles , who was the sponsor of the decree. The decree banned Megarians from harbours and marketplaces throughout the large Delian League Athenian Empire , allegedly strangling the Megarian economy. The sanctions would have also affected Megara s allies and may .... The Significance of the Decree The extent to which the decree encouraged the outbreak of the Peloponnesian ... the decree in his analysis of the cause of the war, treating it as a pretext on the part of the Spartans ... growing empire . He does not describe the decree in detail as he does the conflicts over Potidaea and Corcyra . The main evidence we have for the significance of the decree is Aristophanes, an ancient playwright and satirist of the time. His play The Acharnians II.530 7 mentions how the decree left ... references to the decree in Thucydides seems to suggest its importance the Spartans state that war could be avoided if Athens would revoke the Megarian decree . ref Thuc. 1.139 trans. Warner, R ... War rebellion of Samos in 440, well before the Megarian Decree was passed. De Ste. Croix s Revisionist ... not significantly affect Megara as the decree applied only to Megarian citizens when it is likely ... the context in which the decree was passed. At the beginning of the Second Peloponnesian War the Athenians ... , London, 1996 , chapter 17. ref De Ste. Croix also points out that the decree would have only been ... megara decree.html Megarian Decree from http www.livius.org Livius.Org Category Peloponnesian War ... more details
The Berlin Decree was issued by Napoleon on November 21, 1806, ref name Napoleon cite web title Berlin Decree url http www.napoleon.org en reading room articles files berlin decree.asp publisher Napoleon accessdate 2008 02 20 ref following the French success against Prussia at the Battle of Jena . The decree forbade the import of United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland British goods into European countries allied with or dependent upon France, and installed the Continental System in Europe. It eventually led to economic ruin for France, while little happened to the economy of Britain, which had control of the Atlantic Ocean trade. Other European nations removed themselves from the Continental System, which led in part to the downfall of Napoleon. The Milan decree for the same purposes was issued the next year. References Reflist Category First French Empire Category 1806 in France NapoleonicWars stub de Berliner Dekret es Decreto de Berl n fr D cret de Berlin pt Decreto de Berlim ... more details
Refimprove date May 2009 Rule by decree is a style of governance allowing quick, unchallenged creation ... to unduly bypass parliamentarian or popular scrutiny. Rule by decree allows the ruler to arbitrarily ... law are in place, rule by decree is common. While rule by decree is easily susceptible to the whims ... to pass in a legislature, but can be created with the stroke of a pen by a leader ruling by decree ... United States executive order s share some similarities with rule by decree. The Lex Titia and Second Triumvirate One of the first examples of rule by decree was in the ancient Roman Republic when ... recognized by the roman senate senate by the Lex Titia decree. The resolution, which gave the three ... Republic and the total collapse of republican government. The Reichstag Fire Decree of February 28, 1933 The most prominent example in history is the Reichstag Fire Decree . German President Paul von Hindenburg was convinced by Adolf Hitler to issue a decree suspending basic civil rights indefinitely. As a result of this decree, Nazism Nazi authorities were able to constitutionally suppress or imprison ... emergency decrees. The President of France may rule by decree in national emergencies, subject to Constitution ... decree s, Order in Council Orders in Council in the British Commonwealth and American ... National Assembly to rule by decree for 18 months in early 2007. He intended to nationalize Venezuela ... had laws passed that allowed her to rule by decree. From September 23 ref s ru 21.09.1993 1400 Russian presidential decree 1400 in Russian ref given actual effect from October ... Supreme Soviet to December 12, 1993, rule by decree ukase s was imposed in Russia by President of Russia ... claimed that there has been an explosion in the use of various types of decrees decree law, presidential ... Ib ez del Campo s rule in Chile during the Presidential Republic era Executive order Decree Dictatorship ... Constitution References Reflist DEFAULTSORT Rule By Decree Category Emergency laws Category Forms of government ... more details
Image EPMA 13330 Themistocle decree 2.JPG thumb right Decree of Themistocles, National Archaeological Museum of Athens , 13330 The Decree of Themistocles is an ancient Greek inscription discussing Greek strategy in the Greco Persian Wars , purported to have been issued by the Athens Athenian assembly under the guidance of Themistocles . Since the publication of its contents in 1960, the authenticity of the decree has been the subject of much academic debate. The decree directly contradicts Herodotus s account of the evacuation of Attica in 480 BC , in which it is stated that the evacuation was an emergency ... to fight the Persians. If the decree is authentic, the abandonment of Attica was part of a considered ... . Discovery The stone bearing the Themistocles decree Epigraphical Museum, Athens, EM 13330 ref http .... ref Original publication Jameson, M. A Decree of Themistocles from Troizen. Hesperia 29 ... of preparing the fleet, with the text on the slab becoming illegible before the end of the decree. Significance If the account of the evacuation of Athens implied by the Themistocles decree is accurate ... stood as the definitive account of the Greco Persian Wars, the authenticity of the Themistocles decree ... that the marble slab on which the decree was inscribed had been carved in the first half of the 3rd ... 7 ref The first extant mention of a decree that can be identified with the one found at Troezen comes from Demosthenes , who records that Aeschines read the decree aloud in 347 BC, again leaving a gap ... of the decree point to the last two lines of the famous oracle given to the Athenians ..., which would indicate that the account supported by the Themistocles decree is correct. ref name Fine, The Ancient Greeks, 308 Scholars skeptical of the decree however raise a number of arguments ... from chronologically suspect passages to statements that seem out of place in an official decree to serious ... the Themistocles decree, if authentic, as an amalgamation of several decrees released at different ... more details
was also voted to the Ohio State Football All Century Team in 1999. DeCree was part of a 1973 Buckeyes ... Neal Colzie , Steve Luke , and Tim Fox . This unit led by All Big 10 selection DeCree, shut out four opponents in 1973, including three in a row. Four of DeCree s teammates Middleton, Gradishar, Colzie ... 42 21. The following year in the 1975 Rose Bowl, USC edged the Buckeyes 18 17, which ended DeCree s career. DeCree played professional football for the World Football League in 1975 for the Chicago Winds . The Chicago Winds signed Van DeCree. Winds coach Gibron planned to use DeCree at linebacker. ref ... folding due to league wide financial troubles, DeCree ended playing the rest of the season which was ultimately suspended with Birmingham. DeCree still resides in Columbus, Ohio, and remains an avid Buckeyes ... Penn State ref References reflist Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Decree, Van ... Decree, Van Category Living people Category American football defensive ends Category Ohio State ... more details
Infobox film name A Decree of Destiny image alt see WP ALT caption director D. W. Griffith producer writer Virginia K. Tucker starring Mary Pickford music cinematography G. W. Bitzer editing studio distributor Biograph Company released Film date 1911 3 6 runtime 17 minutes country Film US language Silent br English intertitles budget gross A Decree of Destiny is a 1911 short film short silent film silent drama film directed by D. W. Griffith , starring Mary Pickford and featuring Blanche Sweet . ref name silentera cite web url http www.silentera.com PSFL data D DecreeofDestiny1911.html title Silent Era A Decree of Destiny accessdate 2008 07 05 work silentera ref Cast Joseph Graybill Kenneth Marsden Marion Sunshine Edith Mary Pickford Mary Clara T. Bracy The Aunt Claire McDowell A Nun Donald Crisp At the Club At the Wedding Mack Sennett Blanche Sweet Kate Toncray At the Wedding See also List of American films of 1911 References reflist External links IMDb title id 0001577 title A Decree of Destiny DEFAULTSORT Decree Of Destiny, A Category 1911 films Category American films Category 1910s drama films Category American drama films Category American silent short films Category Biograph Company films Category Black and white films Category Films directed by D. W. Griffith Category 1910s short films silent drama film stub it A Decree of Destiny ... more details
The Decree , or Firman , of Muharram can refer to a number of decree s or firman decree firman s issued by the Ottoman Empire in the Islamic calendar Islamic month of Muharram . The most important of which, both issued by Abdu l Hamid II during the decline of the Ottoman Empire , are Firman issued in Muharram 1299 Islamic calendar AH December 1881 Common Era CE which turned over a large proportion of the Ottoman Empire s revenue to the Ottoman Public Debt Administration Public Debt Administration for the repayment of foreign creditors, practically National bankruptcy bankrupting the Ottomans after the Russo Turkish War, 1877 1878 . Firman issued on 5 Muharram 1311 Islamic calendar AH 18 July 1893 Common Era CE which regarded the appointment of a Chief Rabbi of Jerusalem and the rights of the Jew ish community in that province. http www.sephardicstudies.org firman.html Additionally, the term may be used to refer to the Islam ic tradition that it is unlawful haraam haram to go to war in Muharram. disambig ... more details
Refimprove date March 2011 The Milan Decree was issued on December 17, 1807 by Napoleon I of France to enforce the Berlin Decree of 1806 which had initiated the Continental System . This system was the basis for his plan to defeat the British by waging economic warfare . The Milan Decree stated that no Europe an country was to trade with the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland United Kingdom . ref cite web title Milan Decree url http www.britannica.com EBchecked topic 382141 Milan Decree work Encyclop dia Britannica publisher britannica.com accessdate 16 March 2011 ref Content The decree authorized France French warships and privateers to capture Neutral country neutral ships sailing from any British port or from any country that was occupied by British forces. It also declared that any ships that submitted to search by the Royal Navy on the high seas were to be considered lawful prizes if captured by the French. The Text of Napoleon s Milan Decree Translation At Our Royal Palace at Milan, December 17, 1807. Napoleon, Emperor of the French, King of Italy, Protector of the Confederation of the Rhine In view of the measures adopted by the British government on the 11th of November last by which vessels belonging to powers which are neutral or are friendly and even allied with England are rendered liable to be searched by British cruisers, detained at certain stations in England, and subject to an arbitrary tax of a certain per cent upon their cargo to be regulated by English legislation Considering that by these acts the English government has denationalized the vessels ... have decreed and do decree as follows Article 1. Every vessel of whatever nationality, which shall submit ... becomes, by violating the present decree, a lawful prize and may be captured by our ships of war and adjudged ... of the present decree shall be ipso facto abrogated and void so soon as the English government ... of justice and honor. Article 5. All our ministers are charged with the execution of the present decree ... more details
Decree time lang ru refers to the changes introduced to the USSR time system by a Sovnarkom decree of 16 June 1930. By this decree, all clocks in the Soviet Union were permanently shifted one hour ahead of standard time for each timezone. It is independent from Daylight Saving Time , which was introduced in the USSR much later, in 1981 . In fact, with both time shifts in effect, summer time was two hours ahead of standard time in the USSR. From 1982 to 1986 , decree time was gradually abolished by the USSR government in 30 oblast s and Republics of Russia autonomous Republics of the Russian SFSR . In late 1980s not on 1990 , it was further abolished in Baltic states Baltic republics , Ukrainian SSR Ukraine and Moldavian SSR Moldavia but not in Georgia country Georgia and Azerbaijan , followed by the entire territory of the Soviet Union in March 1991 eight months before its dissolution of the Soviet Union dissolution . On 23 October 1991, the Supreme Soviet of the Russian SFSR ruled ref http infopravo.by.ru fed1991 ch01 akt10797.shtm Act of the Soviet of the Republic of the Supreme Soviet of the RSFSR no.1790 1 of 1991 in Russian ref to restore decree time in Russia. It was restored on 19 January 1992, with the following exemptions ref http gov.consultant.ru doc.asp?ID 90979 Act of the Government of the Russian Federation no. 23 of 1992 in Russian ref Kaliningrad Oblast was permitted to use Eastern European Time instead of Moscow Time all Federal Subjects of Russia federal subjects that would have to use Samara Time in absence of this exemption Republic of Adygea Adygea , most part of Arkhangelsk Oblast , Astrakhan Oblast , Chechnya , Chuvashia Republic Chuvashia ... to use Irkutsk Time otherwise Most of these exemptions are equivalent to abolition of decree time in corresponding .... In 1992 decree time was restored in Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Kazakhstan and former ... 2010 DEFAULTSORT Decree Time Category Time measurement standardization Category Time in Russia de ... more details
Unreferenced date November 2009 For other uses of the term decree, see Decree . Decree lang nl decreet , lang fr d cret in Belgium refers to legislation passed by Communities, regions and language areas of Belgium community or regional parliaments, except by the Brussels Parliament . Decrees have the same legal force as laws, the main difference being that laws can only be passed by the Belgian Federal Parliament Federal Parliament . The following legislative assemblies have the power to pass decrees the Flemish Parliament , the Parliament of the French Community , the Walloon Parliament , the Parliament of the German speaking Community and the Assembly of the French Community Commission , which is informally known as the Brussels Francophone Parliament. The Flanders Flemish counterpart of the Brussels Francophone Parliament, the Council of the Flemish Community Commission , does not have the power to pass decrees. Instead, it legislates by Regulation Brussels regulation . Unlike laws, decrees are not subject to Royal Assent . Decrees are not signed and Promulgation promulgated by the Monarchy of Belgium King , but instead they are promulgated by the community or regional government or, in case of the Brussels Francophone Parliament, by the College of the French Community Commission. Unlike Ordinance Belgium ordinances , decrees are not subject to judicial review or to supervision by the Belgian Federal Government Federal Government . See also Ordinance Belgium Regulation Brussels Category Belgian legislation Belgium stub law term stub Euro law stub nl Decreet fr D cret Belgique ... more details
The Decree of Aristoteles is an inscribed treaty dating to 377BC. It describes the formation of the Second Athenian Confederacy , a league set up in response to the increasingly aggressive and dominant behaviour of Sparta towards other Greek states in the decades preceding this. References Greek text http epigraphy.packhum.org inscriptions oi?ikey 2261&bookid 5®ion 1&subregion 71 IG II 43 from Packard Humanities Institute . Category Treaties of Athens Category Greek inscriptions Category Athenian Empire Category 4th century BC treaties Ancient Greece stub ... more details
Infobox Film name Murder by Decree image Murder by decree poster.jpg caption Original film poster director Bob Clark writer John Hopkins writer John Hopkins br Elwyn Jones writer Elwyn Jones book br John Lloyd book starring Christopher Plummer br James Mason br David Hemmings br Susan Clark producer Bob Clark br Ren Dupont music Paul Zaza br Carl Zittrer cinematography Reginald H. Morris distributor Embassy Pictures AVCO Embassy Pictures released Canada February 1, 1979 br USA February 9, 1979 country UK br Canada runtime 124 minutes language English br romagnolo Image juwes1.jpg thumb 200px right A still from Murder by Decree showing the Goulston Street graffito containing the word Juwes , which is portrayed erroneously as a Freemasonry Masonic term. Murder by Decree 1979 in film 1979 is a United Kingdom British Canada Canadian Thriller genre thriller film involving Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson in the case of the serial murderer Jack the Ripper . As Holmes investigates London s most infamous case, he finds that the Ripper has friends in high places. The film s story of the plot behind the murders is taken from the book Jack the Ripper The Final Solution by Stephen Knight author Stephen Knight . The original script contained the names of the historical suspects, Sir William Gull, 1st Baronet and John Netley . In the actual film, they are referred to as Thomas Spivy Gull and William ... by Decree is a good deal of uncomplicated fun, not in a class with Nicholas Meyer s The Seven ... Canby title Murder By Decree 1979 url http movies.nytimes.com movie review?res 9A00EEDF1331E432A2575AC0A9649C946890D6CF ... reflist External links IMDb title id 0079592 title Murder By Decree Amg movie 33817 Murder by Decree http www.bakerstreetdozen.com plummer.html Christopher Plummer and Murder By Decree http www.casebook.org ... es Asesinato por decreto fr Meurtre par d cret nl Murder by Decree ru sh Murder by Decree ... more details
The Decree of Canopus is a bilingual inscription in two languages, and in three scripts. It was written in three writing system s Egyptian hieroglyph s, Demotic Egyptian Egyptian Demotic , and Greek language Greek , on an ancient Egyptian memorial stone stele , the Stone of Canopus. The inscription is a decree by Egyptian priests honoring Pharaoh Ptolemy III Euergetes Queen Berenice, his wife and Princess Berenice daughter of Ptolemy III Berenice ref Robinson Ellis, A Commentary on Catullus , Adamant Media Corporation 2005, ISBN 1402171013, p.295 ref in 238 BC . Importance for the decipherment of hieroglyphs This is the earliest of the series of bilingual inscriptions of the Rosetta Stone Series , the next being the Decree of Memphis Ptolemy IV Decree of Memphis , for Ptolemy IV , and the third, final stone, being the Memphis Decree Rosetta Stone , inscribed for Ptolemy V , in 196 BC E. Having a greater number of different Egyptian hieroglyphs hieroglyphs than the Rosetta Stone, the Canopus Stone has proved crucial in deciphering them. Two copies of the stele stones exist, in different line widths. See Ptolemaic Decrees . Contents of the inscription The inscription touches on subjects such as military campaigns, famine relief, Egyptian religion and governmental organization in Ptolemaic Egypt . It mentions the king s donations to the temples, his support for the Apis god Apis and Mnevis ... bread cakes . Lastly it orders the decree to be incised in stone or bronze in both hieroglyphs ... texts canopus decree.htm The Canopus Decree ref Calendar reform The traditional Egyptian calendar had ... also Canopus, Egypt Decree of Memphis Ptolemy IV , for Stone 2. Intercalation Ptolemaic Decrees Rosetta Stone Decree list of Ptolemy V accomplishments and rewards honored Rosetta Stone References ... ad egypt texts canopus decree.htm The Canopus Decree , full translation by S. Birch about 1800 ... Category 1st millennium BC steles Category Ptolemaic dynasty Decree Of Canopus Category Ptolemaic ... more details
The Orphans Decree was introduced in Yemen and obligated the Zaydi state to take under its protection and to educate in Islam ic ways any dhimmi i.e. non Muslim child whose parents had died when he or she was a minor. First introduced or revived in the 17th century, ref name Yehuda Nini the Orphans Decree was ignored during Ottoman Empire Ottoman rule 1872 1918 , but was observed during the period of Imam Yahya 1918 1948 . ref Simon, Reeva Spector Laskier, Michael Menachem & Reguer, Sara, eds. 2003 The Jews of the Middle East and North Africa in Modern Times . New York Columbia University Press p. 392 ref According to one source, the decree has no parallel in other countries . ref name Eraqi Klorman Although Forced conversion Islam forced conversion is not widely recognized under Islamic laws, historian and Arabist Shelomo Dov Goitein believes that a forced conversion of orphans could have been justified by the revelation attributed to Muhammad that states Every person is born to the natural religion Islam , and only his parents make a Jew or a Christian out of him. ref name Yehuda Nini Before Ottoman rule There are only some fragmentary and isolated accounts about the enforcing of the decree before Ottoman rule. It was not enforced equally in every part of Yemen. There were places .... ref name Yehuda Nini Still there are several accounts about the enforcement of the decree. ref .... ref name Yehuda Nini After the end of Ottoman rule Tudor Parfitt compares the Orphans Decree to draconian ... . ref name Tudor Parfitt Concerning the reintroduction of the Orphans Decree in Yemen after the end ... name Tudor Parfitt Once again the decree was not implemented equally in every part of Yemen. In some places the authorities turned a blind eye to escaped and hidden children, but, in the places the Decree ... books?hl en&lr &id XSS35Ax7W0C&oi fnd&pg PR9&dq 22orphans 27 decree 22&ots OykLxvzdaD&sig B0c42fbTyDsJxVxSYCdvM3CnQUY ...&dq 22orphans decree 22&hl en&ei xmuoTc7JGoSCsQOAg9z5DA&sa X&oi book result&ct result&resnum 3&sqi ... more details
Orphan date February 2009 Amherst s Decree was a general order given by Gen. Jeffery Amherst , commander of British forces in North America, in February 1761. The order halted the long time tradition of presenting visiting Native Americans in the United States Native American tribal chief chieftains with gifts, especially gunpowder and lead shot . While gift giving was generally acknowledged as a diplomatic gesture of goodwill, Amherst viewed it as excessive coddling which was financially costly to the British government. The decree initiated a period of increasing distrust between British and Native American tribes and is considered by historians as one of the factors leading to Pontiac s Rebellion . References Keenan, Jerry. Encyclopedia of American Indian Wars , ABC CLIO, Inc. California, 1997. hist stub NorthAm native stub Category Native American history Category Pontiac s War Category 1761 in North America Category 1761 in military history Category 1761 in international relations ... more details
Infobox film name Fate s Decree image image size caption director producer writer narrator starring William Garwood br Richard Henry Cummings Richard Cummings br Fred Hamer br Justin MacDonald br Billie West music cinematography editing distributor Mutual Film released February 14, 1914 runtime country FilmUS language Silent film br English intertitle s Fate s Decree is a 1914 American silent film silent short film short drama film starring William Garwood , Richard Henry Cummings Richard Cummings , Fred Hamer, Justin MacDonald, and Billie West . External links imdb title id 0447077 Category 1914 films Category 1910s drama films Category American drama films Category American silent short films Category Black and white films Category Mutual Film films short silent film stub ... more details
Unreferenced date July 2010 On 10 thermidor year 15 29 July 1807 , Napoleon I of France signed a decree reducing the number of theatres in Paris to eight, giving the force of law to a decree of the Minister of the Interior France interior minister of 25 April that same year. This measure cut short an expansion in theatres. Following is a list of the theatres that remained. Grands th tres Com die Fran aise Th tre Fran ais Th tre de S.M. l Empereur , reserved for tragedy and comedy Th tre de l Od on Th tre de l Imp ratrice , as an annex of the Th tre Fran ais Op ra national de Paris Th tre de l Op ra Acad mie imp riale de Musique , for song and dance Th tre national de l Op ra Comique Th tre de l Op ra Comique , for com dies ou drames m l s de couplets, d ariettes et de morceaux d ensemble. Th tres secondaires Th tre du Vaudeville , reserved for petites pi ces m l es de couplets sur des airs connus Th tre des Vari t s , for repertoire made up of petites pi ces dans le genre grivois, Genre poissard poissard ou villageois Th tre de la Porte Saint Martin , for melodrama and spectaculars Th tre de la Ga t boulevard du Temple Th tre de la Ga t , for mime pantomime s de tous genres, mais sans ballet s, aux arlequin ades et autres farce s, dans le go t de celles donn es autrefois par Jean Baptiste Nicolet Nicolet . The decree did not remain in force after Napoleon s fall in 1814. Citation needed date August 2011 See also Theatre of France Use dmy dates date August 2011 Category History of theatre Category Theatre in France Category Theatres in Paris Category History of Paris Category First French Empire Category 1807 in France Category Censorship in France de Napoleonisches Theaterdekret fr D cret sur les th tres ... more details
Refimprove date July 2008 The Hamayoni Decree also Hamayonic , Hamayouni lang ar is a clause in the Egyptian law that dates back to Ottoman Empire Ottoman rule February 1856 , which regulates Christian church construction and maintenance. It is currently a cause of much controversy due to the conditions that need to be fulfilled in order for the permit to be granted. These same restrictions do not apply to mosques. ref name persecution.org http www.persecution.org suffering countryinfodetail.php?countrycode 7 ref The law requires that each permit must be issued by the Egyptian president. The requirements are complex and frequently arbitrary for building and repairing churches or church owned buildings. The state president must personally approve all building applications, and the provincial governors must approve all applications for repairs, even for something as small as repairing a toilet or a broken window. ref name persecution.org While ostensibly part of the Tanzimat reforms of the Ottoman Empire, the special restrictions on churches trace back to the Covenant of Omar I in 637. The Hamayouni Decree was later elaborated by the Ten Conditions of Al Ezabi References reflist Sources http news.egypt.com en index.php?option com content&task view&id 3148&Itemid 424 Category Egyptian law Category Christianity in Egypt Category Religion in Egypt law stub ar ... more details
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