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The Nursing Madonna of Sanctuary of Santa Maria della Steccata, an early coronation by friar Jeronimo (Girolamo) Paolucci di Calboldi di Forli on 27 May 1601 . A canonical coronation (Latin: Coronatio Canonica) is a pious institutional act of the pope, duly expressed in a formal decree of a papal bull, in which the pope bestows the pontifical right to impose an ornamental crown, a diadem or an ...
The word is also used to denote certain specified collections of church law, e.g. Gratian's Decree (Decretum Gratiani). In respect of the general legislative acts of the pope there is never doubt as to the universal extent of the obligation; the same may be said of the decrees of a general council , e.g. those of the First Vatican Council .
The word décret, literally "decree", is an old legal usage in France and is used to refer to executive orders issued by the French President or Prime Minister. Any such order must not violate the French Constitution or Civil Code , and a party has the right to request an order be annulled in the French Council of State .
A decretum laudis (Latin for 'decree of praise') is the official measure with which the Holy See grants to institutes of consecrated life and societies of apostolic life the recognition of ecclesiastical institution of pontifical right. When the decree of praise is issued in the form of an apostolic brief, it is referred to as a 'brief of praise'.
In Catholicism, "of pontifical right" is the term given to ecclesiastical institutions (religious and secular institutes, societies of apostolic life) either created by the Holy See, or approved by it with the formal decree known by the Latin name decretum laudis ('decree of praise'). [1]
A federal decree (German: Bundesbeschluss; French: Arrêté fédéral, Italian: Decreto Federale) is an act that can be adopted by the Swiss Federal Assembly in application of a federal law, insofar as the text does not contain rules of law (art. 163 para. 2), [1] meaning that it can only be a decision on the application of general and abstract norms laid down in the law.
Rambouillet Decree; Decreet of Ranking of 1606; Reichstag Fire Decree; Rosetta Stone decree; Royal Decree 56 of 2002; Royal Decree of 27 July 1887; Royal Decree of Graces of 1815; Rule by decree; Decree of the President of Russia
An edict is a decree or announcement of a law, often associated with monarchies, but it can be under any official authority. Synonyms include "dictum" and "pronouncement". Edict derives from the Latin edictum. [1]