Definition of decree

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Decree (n.) A determination or judgment of an umpire on a case submitted to him.

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Doom :: Doom (v. t.) Judgment; judicial sentence; penal decree; condemnation.
Will :: Will (n.) To form a distinct volition of; to determine by an act of choice; to ordain; to decree.
Pragmatic :: Pragmatic (n.) A solemn public ordinance or decree.
Fulminate :: Fulminate (v. i.) To issue or send forth decrees or censures with the assumption of supreme authority; to thunder forth menaces.
Ordain :: Ordain (v. t.) To regulate, or establish, by appointment, decree, or law; to constitute; to decree; to appoint; to institute..
Rescript :: Rescript (v. t.) The answer of an emperor when formallyconsulted by particular persons on some difficult question; hence, an edict or decree..
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..
Emit :: Emit (v. t.) To issue forth, as an order or decree; to print and send into circulation, as notes or bills of credit..
Rescission :: Rescission (n.) The act of rescinding, abrogating, annulling, or vacating; as, the rescission of a law, decree, or judgment..
Decretive :: Decretive (n.) Having the force of a decree; determining.
Areed :: Areed (v. t.) To decree; to adjudge.
Rescind :: Rescind (v. t.) Specifically, to vacate or make void, as an act, by the enacting authority or by superior authority; to repeal; as, to rescind a law, a resolution, or a vote; to rescind a decree or a judgment..
Decretal :: Decretal (a.) Appertaining to a decree; containing a decree; as, a decretal epistle..
Will :: Will (v.) The choice or determination of one who has authority; a decree; a command; discretionary pleasure.
Promulgate :: Promulgate (v. t.) To make known by open declaration, as laws, decrees, or tidings; to publish; as, to promulgate the secrets of a council..
Sequester :: Sequester (v. t.) To separate from the owner for a time; to take from parties in controversy and put into the possession of an indifferent person; to seize or take possession of, as property belonging to another, and hold it till the profits have paid the demand for which it is taken, or till the owner has performed the decree of court, or clears himself of contempt; in international law, to confiscate..
Decree :: Decree (v. t.) To ordain by fate.
Saw :: Saw (v. t.) Dictate; command; decree.
Divorce :: Divorce (n.) The decree or writing by which marriage is dissolved.
Act :: Act (n.) The result of public deliberation; the decision or determination of a legislative body, council, court of justice, etc.; a decree, edit, law, judgment, resolve, award; as, an act of Parliament, or of Congress..
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