This decree granted peasants identification documents, with an unrestricted right to move within the country - thus detaching them from the piece of land where they had worked.

On 7 April 2013 a decree by Yanukovych granted this request (among others) for health reasons.

On 6 December, a decree granted the urgent installation of services and work to be carried out on the fields that it was trying to link.

In 1781, a decree by Catherine the Great granted Chistopol the status of an uyezd town, with the establishment of its own coat of arms.

In addition to the establishment of a national library system, the decree granted the library powers of legal deposit.

A presidential decree granted to all survivors of the battle the Colonial Medal, and Tisserand was promoted to lieutenant.

An imperial decree also granted him the title of baron.

In May 1997, a new presidential decree granted regional administrations near full discretion in establishing land sale prices.

The decree granted its subjects the right to purchase slaves and to participate in the flourishing business of slave trading in the Caribbean.

The decree, however, granted legal protection only to Mr. Yeltsin, and not to his relatives or aides.