Meanings of imperial decree in English

Could I ever truly be forgotten in Amber, even by imperial decree?

So it was promulgated by imperial decree that I was a prince of Koryu.

I was now ruling by imperial decree and military force.

If he withdrew his love from me, no imperial decree-

Ovid's citizenship, save for the empty title, had been ended by an imperial decree.

Society, the despot, has given his imperial decree.

This regiment was dissolved by the imperial decree of July 16, 1915.

Petersburg changed to Petrograd by imperial decree.

Slicing, branding, and other horrible punishments with torture to extort confessions have been forbidden by imperial decree.

The participation of China at the Louisiana Purchase Exposition was authorized by an imperial decree issued in January, 1903.

The only alternative would be to govern directly through imperial decree, and that is not practical for obvious reasons.

The Austrian territories, though widely scattered, were declared, both by family compact and by imperial decree, to be indivisible.

The usual governmental difficulties were encountered, but in 1902 an imperial decree gave the concession to the American-China Development Company.

By an imperial decree the churches of the Christians were ordered to be torn down, and they themselves were outlawed.

The imperial decree creating the regency was not announced until the end of 1821, and practically all California acquiesced in it.

The ancient Hebrew prophecy of Micah and the imperial decree of Cæsar thus marvelously fitted into each other and worked together.