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.
At the start of 2004, I founded Deco-Crete LLC. With faith and prayer, my wife and I “stepped out of the boat” and decided to start up a concrete construction company that was alcohol-free, drug-free, and not your average here today – gone tomorrow business.
Special orders known as décret-loi, literally "decree-act" or "decree-law", usually considered an illegal practice under the 3rd and 4th Republic, were finally abolished and replaced by the regulations under the 1958 Constitution.