Imperial Decrees of the Monarch of Adammia
In the Empire of Adammia, Imperial Decrees are a form of primary legislation issued by the Monarchy of Adammia through the Office of the Emperor/Empress. The Ruling Council and the House of Citizens review all Imperial Decrees and either house can vote to overturn them; this is a counter-balance to the Monarch's power to veto Acts of Parliament.
Scope
Formally, both Imperial Decrees and Acts of Parliament have equal scope, each able to apply to any area of Adammic law. However, over time informal conventions have arisen, and and certain areas of law are traditionally seen as the domain of Imperial Decrees. These include the affairs of the Monarchy itself, the chivalric orders, heraldry, the management of the Military of Adammia (reflecting the Emperor's position as Grand Marshal), the appointment of nobles, and territorial management (such as the establishment of new claims and the dissolution of defunct claims). Diplomatic recognition is usually done by Decree, although Acts relating to diplomacy are not unheard of.
Format
Empire of Adammia
Office of the Emperor
Decree (Numeral - "XLIII")
(Name)
UPON OUR IMPERIAL MAJESTY'S SOVEREIGN COMMAND,
NOTING (Preamble),
BE IT DECREED as follows:
(Content)
This, the (Number - "forty-third") Imperial Decree of Our Imperial Majesty (Monarch name - "Adam the First"), Emperor of Adammia, (Rest of titles - "Count of Penmine and Spildcastle, Lord Chancellor of State, Grand Admiral etcetera"), is decreed at (Location) in the (Province / County / Colony / etc.) of (Subdivision name) on this the (Day - "eighth") day of (Month - "October"), (Year - "two-thousand and sixteenth year") of the Common Era and the (Number - "fourth") year of Our reign, and is signed into immediate effect.
(Monarch's signature) (Monarch's Latin style - "ADAMVS PRIMVS IMPERATOR")
(Date and time - "8th October 2016 05:02")
(Date in numerals - "VIII.X.MMXVI") (Day of reign in numerals - "CCLXXXII.IV.ADAMVS I")
When a Decree is signed in the United Kingdom, the subdivision named is based on historic county boundaries. Counties ending in -shire are not named explicitly, but are instead referred to as "the County of (county town)". Therefore, an example of a given location would be "Edgbaston in the County of Warwick", as Edgbaston was historically part of Warwickshire despite currently being part of the administrative county of West Midlands.
Decrees of Emperor Adam I
2013
- Decree I (Military)
- Decree II (Treasury)
- Decree III (National Symbols
- Decree IV (Territory, Provinces and Colonies)
- Decree V (Orders and Knighthoods)
- Decree VI (State Media)
- Decree VII (Censorship)
- Decree VIII (Census and ID Cards)
- Decree IX (Ownership of ABanimationLtd)
- Decree X (Titles and Styles)
- Decree XI (Military Reform)
- Decree XII (Territory Reform)
- Decree XIII (Diplomatic Recognition)
- Decree XIV (Treasury Reform)
- Decree XV (Topin Wagglegammon 2013)
- Decree XVI (Amendments to Decrees)
- Decree XVII (Annexation)
2014
- Decree XVIII (Claims near Tytannia)
- Decree XIX (Claims near Primoria)
- Decree XX (International Treaties)
- Decree XXI (Police Force)
- Decree XXII (Imperial Affairs)
- Decree XXIII (Anthem and Other Affairs)
- Decree XXIV (Protected Objects)
- Decree XXV (Colonial Governance)
- Decree XXVI (Astley Meadow)
- Decree XXVII (Borealia)
- Decree XXVIII (Nobles)
- Decree XXIX (Colonies)
- Decree XXX (Diplomacy and Mohawk Leadership)
2015
- Decree XXXI (Adammic Columbia and Other Affairs)
- Decree XXXII (Dearneland)
- Decree XXXIII (Imperial Warrants of Appointment)
- Decree XXXIV (Colonies)
- Decree XXXV (Nobles)
- Decree XXXVI (Hallowe'en)
2016
- Decree XXXVII (El Grandens)
- Decree XXXVIII (Kappania)
- Decree XXXIX (National Mourning)
- Decree XL (Heraldry)
- Decree XLI (Borealian Independence)
- Decree XLII (Colonies)
- Decree XLIII (Alluria)
- Decree XLIV (Recognition of the United States) - Null and void (Overturned by Council)
- Decree XLV (Colonies)
2017
- Decree XLVI (Inactivity Measures)
- Decree XLVII (April Fools)
- Decree XLVIII (Minor Nobility)
- Decree XLIX (Colonies and Territories)
- Decree L (Internal Procedures Amendment)
- Decree LI (Alluria)
- Decree LII (Paternia)
- Decree LIII (Dual Residency)
- Decree LIV (Nobility)
2018
- Decree LV (Territories)
- Decree LVI (Honours and Other Affairs)
- Decree LVII (Sandal Castle)
- Decree LVIII (Nobility)
- Decree LIX (Diplomacy)
- Decree LX (Provinces)
- Decree LXI (Nobility)
- Decree LXII (Provinces and Territories)
2019
- Decree LXIII (Diplomacy and Midgard)
- Decree LXIV (Military)
- Decree LXV (Provinces)
- Decree LXVI (Serkatia and Xanada)
- Decree LXVII (Nobility)
- Decree LXVIII (Imperial and Military Symbols)
2020
- Decree LXIX (European Union)
- Decree LXX (Llanadda)
- Decree LXXI (Diplomacy)
- Decree LXXII (Provinces and Territories)
- Decree LXXIII (Metchlia)
- Decree LXXIV (Nobility)
- Decree LXXV (Lagentia)
2021
2022
- Decree LXXVIII (General Affairs)
- Decree LXXIX (Regions and Constituencies)
- Decree LXXX (Maternia)
- Decree LXXXI (National Mourning)
- Decree LXXXII (Provinces and Nobility)
- Decree LXXXIII (Diplomacy)
- Decree LXXXIV (Elections)
2023
- Decree LXXXV (Political Parties)
- Decree LXXXVI (Territories and Citizenship)
- Decree LXXXVII (Nobility)