This decree applies to, but is not limited to, the group and individuals calling themselves the Council for Survival.

Significantly, the decree does not apply to the dollars sent to Cubans by relatives abroad.

The decree apparently applies mainly to prisoners serving time under Article 70 of the Russian Republic's criminal code, which prohibits "anti-Soviet agitation and propaganda."

In New York City, a decree of this sort applies to cabbies.

Jehovah's Witnesses also believe the decree still applies today and perhaps other Christian denominations as well.

He believed the decrees of God applied to salvation but not to damnation.

This decree also applies to a first baseman holding a runner or an outfielder shading a hitter toward the foul line.

Gedi's decree for disarmament also applied to non-government troops in the autonomous state of Puntland, where it was seen as questionably enforceable.

The "provisional decree" that the government announced applies only until the end of next year and contains several other restrictions.

So far, General Aoun has not said if his decree on the use of official titles applies to the international press.