Definition of decree

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Decree (n.) A decision, order, or sentence, given in a cause by a court of equity or admiralty..

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Decern :: Decern (v. t.) To decree; to adjudge.
Unrighteous :: Unrighteous (a.) Contrary to law and equity; unjust; as, an unrighteous decree or sentence..
Doom :: Doom (v. t.) To pronounce sentence or judgment on; to condemn; to consign by a decree or sentence; to sentence; as, a criminal doomed to chains or death..
Enact :: Enact (v. t.) To decree; to establish by legal and authoritative act; to make into a law; especially, to perform the legislative act with reference to (a bill) which gives it the validity of law..
Foredoom :: Foredoom (n.) Doom or sentence decreed in advance.
Arret :: Arret (n.) A judgment, decision, or decree of a court or high tribunal; also, a decree of a sovereign..
Confated :: Confated (p.a.) Fated or decreed with something else.
Appointment :: Appointment (n.) Decree; direction; established order or constitution; as, to submit to the divine appointments..
Decretive :: Decretive (n.) Having the force of a decree; determining.
Decreeable :: Decreeable (a.) Capable of being decreed.
Affirm :: Affirm (v. t.) to assert or confirm, as a judgment, decree, or order, brought before an appellate court for review..
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..
Decreer :: Decreer (n.) One who decrees.
Irrevocable :: Irrevocable (a.) Incapable of being recalled or revoked; unchangeable; irreversible; unalterable; as, an irrevocable promise or decree; irrevocable fate..
Referendary :: Referendary (n.) Formerly, an officer of state charged with the duty of procuring and dispatching diplomas and decrees..
Edict :: Edict (n.) A public command or ordinance by the sovereign power; the proclamation of a law made by an absolute authority, as if by the very act of announcement; a decree; as, the edicts of the Roman emperors; the edicts of the French monarch..
Foredetermine :: Foredetermine (v. t.) To determine or decree beforehand.
Abolition :: Abolition (n.) The act of abolishing, or the state of being abolished; an annulling; abrogation; utter destruction; as, the abolition of slavery or the slave trade; the abolition of laws, decrees, ordinances, customs, taxes, debts, etc..
Irade :: Irade (n.) A decree of the Sultan.
Preordinance :: Preordinance (n.) Antecedent decree or determination.
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