Definition of decree

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Decree (n.) An edict or law made by a council for regulating any business within their jurisdiction; as, the decrees of ecclesiastical councils..

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Absolutism :: Absolutism (n.) Doctrine of absolute decrees.
Decrete :: Decrete (n.) A decree.
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..
Adjudicate :: Adjudicate (v. t.) To adjudge; to try and determine, as a court; to settle by judicial decree..
Predestine :: Predestine (v. t.) To decree beforehand; to foreordain; to predestinate.
Divorce :: Divorce (n.) The decree or writing by which marriage is dissolved.
Interdict :: Interdict (n.) A prohibitory order or decree; a prohibition.
Pnyx :: Pnyx (n.) The place at Athens where the meetings of the people were held for making decrees, etc..
Doom :: Doom (v. t.) Judgment; judicial sentence; penal decree; condemnation.
Fatality :: Fatality (n.) That which is decreed by fate or which is fatal; a fatal event.
Pragmatic :: Pragmatic (n.) A solemn public ordinance or decree.
Will :: Will (v.) The choice or determination of one who has authority; a decree; a command; discretionary pleasure.
Decretory :: Decretory (a.) Established by a decree; definitive; settled.
Ne Exeat :: Ne exeat () A writ to restrain a person from leaving the country, or the jurisdiction of the court. The writ was originally applicable to purposes of state, but is now an ordinary process of courts of equity, resorted to for the purpose of obtaining bail, or security to abide a decree..
Stop :: Stop (v. t.) To hinder from acting or moving; to prevent the effect or efficiency of; to cause to cease; to repress; to restrain; to suppress; to interrupt; to suspend; as, to stop the execution of a decree, the progress of vice, the approaches of old age or infirmity..
Decretal :: Decretal (a.) Appertaining to a decree; containing a decree; as, a decretal epistle..
Fiaunt :: Fiaunt (n.) Commission; fiat; order; decree.
Hatti-sherif :: Hatti-sherif (n.) A irrevocable Turkish decree countersigned by the sultan.
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..
Fiat :: Fiat (n.) An authoritative command or order to do something; an effectual decree.
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