Definition of decree

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Decree (n.) An order from one having authority, deciding what is to be done by a subordinate; also, a determination by one having power, deciding what is to be done or to take place; edict, law; authoritative ru// decision..

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Execute :: Execute (v. t.) To give effect to; to do what is provided or required by; to perform the requirements or stimulations of; as, to execute a decree, judgment, writ, or process..
Seguestration :: Seguestration (n.) A prerogative process empowering certain commissioners to take and hold a defendant's property and receive the rents and profits thereof, until he clears himself of a contempt or performs a decree of the court..
Rescission :: Rescission (n.) The act of rescinding, abrogating, annulling, or vacating; as, the rescission of a law, decree, or judgment..
Areed :: Areed (v. t.) To decree; to adjudge.
Placit :: Placit (n.) A decree or determination; a dictum.
Irrevocable :: Irrevocable (a.) Incapable of being recalled or revoked; unchangeable; irreversible; unalterable; as, an irrevocable promise or decree; irrevocable fate..
Reversed :: Reversed (a.) Annulled and the contrary substituted; as, a reversed judgment or decree..
Ordinance :: Ordinance (n.) A rule established by authority; a permanent rule of action; a statute, law, regulation, rescript, or accepted usage; an edict or decree; esp., a local law enacted by a municipal government; as, a municipal ordinance..
Decreed :: Decreed (imp. & p. p.) of Decre.
Interdict :: Interdict (n.) A prohibitory order or decree; a prohibition.
Rescript :: Rescript (v. t.) The answer of an emperor when formallyconsulted by particular persons on some difficult question; hence, an edict or decree..
Appoint :: Appoint (v. t.) To fix by a decree, order, command, resolve, decision, or mutual agreement; to constitute; to ordain; to prescribe; to fix the time and place of..
Unrighteous :: Unrighteous (a.) Contrary to law and equity; unjust; as, an unrighteous decree or sentence..
Stern :: Stern (superl.) Having a certain hardness or severity of nature, manner, or aspect; hard; severe; rigid; rigorous; austere; fixed; unchanging; unrelenting; hence, serious; resolute; harsh; as, a sternresolve; a stern necessity; a stern heart; a stern gaze; a stern decree..
Grace :: Grace (n.) An act, vote, or decree of the government of the institution; a degree or privilege conferred by such vote or decree..
Decerniture :: Decerniture (n.) A decree or sentence of a court.
Decree :: Decree (v. t.) To determine judicially by authority, or by decree; to constitute by edict; to appoint by decree or law; to determine; to order; to ordain; as, a court decrees a restoration of property..
Decretorily :: Decretorily (adv.) In a decretory or definitive manner; by decree.
Sentence :: Sentence (v. t.) To decree or announce as a sentence.
Enactment :: Enactment (n.) That which is enacted or passed into a law; a law; a decree; a statute; a prescribed requirement; as, a prohibitory enactment; a social enactment..
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