decree
noun
a formal and authoritative order, especially one having the force of law.
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
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And at the same moment all our laws are decreeing that they shall not give any account of their stewardship, but shall become yet more irresponsible stewards.
From A Miscellany of Men by G. K. (Gilbert Keith) Chesterton