An amiri decree is a

decree A decree is a law, legal proclamation, usually issued by a head of state, judge, monarch, royal figure, or other relevant Authority, authorities, according to certain procedures. These procedures are usually defined by the constitution, Legislativ ...

, equivalent to a law, made by an

emir Emir (; ' (), also Romanization of Arabic, transliterated as amir, is a word of Arabic language, Arabic origin that can refer to a male monarch, aristocratic, aristocrat, holder of high-ranking military or political office, or other person po ...

or his representatives (Arabic: المرسوم الأميري), generally in

Kuwait Kuwait, officially the State of Kuwait, is a country in West Asia and the geopolitical region known as the Middle East. It is situated in the northern edge of the Arabian Peninsula at the head of the Persian Gulf, bordering Iraq to Iraq–Kuwait ...

Qatar Qatar, officially the State of Qatar, is a country in West Asia. It occupies the Geography of Qatar, Qatar Peninsula on the northeastern coast of the Arabian Peninsula in the Middle East; it shares Qatar–Saudi Arabia border, its sole land b ...

and the

United Arab Emirates The United Arab Emirates (UAE), or simply the Emirates, is a country in West Asia, in the Middle East, at the eastern end of the Arabian Peninsula. It is a Federal monarchy, federal elective monarchy made up of Emirates of the United Arab E ...

. Examples are: * Amiri Decree Law No. 13 of 1984 (Bahrain), establishing a High Counsel for Labour Services * Amiri Decree No. 11/1999 (Qatar) forming a

Constitution A constitution is the aggregate of fundamental principles or established precedents that constitute the legal basis of a polity, organization or other type of entity, and commonly determines how that entity is to be governed. When these pri ...

Drafting Committee * Amiri Decree No. 3 of 1988 as amended by the Amiri Decree No. 3 of 1996 ( Ajman, UAE) creating and granting autonomous status to the Ajman Free Zone{{Cite web, date=2007-05-28, title=Ajman Free Zone, url=http://www.ajmanfreezone.gov.ae/about/overview.htm, access-date=2020-10-01, archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070528041436/http://www.ajmanfreezone.gov.ae/about/overview.htm, archive-date=2007-05-28

References

Law of the United Arab Emirates Constitutions of the United Arab Emirates Law of Qatar Law of Kuwait Decrees