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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Decretive :: Decretive (n.) Having the force of a decree; determining.
Predestine :: Predestine (v. t.) To decree beforehand; to foreordain; to predestinate.
Grace :: Grace (n.) An act, vote, or decree of the government of the institution; a degree or privilege conferred by such vote or decree..
Enjoin :: Enjoin (v. t.) To prohibit or restrain by a judicial order or decree; to put an injunction on.
Placit :: Placit (n.) A decree or determination; a dictum.
Ordain :: Ordain (v. t.) To regulate, or establish, by appointment, decree, or law; to constitute; to decree; to appoint; to institute..
Recall :: Recall (v. t.) To revoke; to annul by a subsequent act; to take back; to withdraw; as, to recall words, or a decree..
Dualism :: Dualism (n.) The doctrine that all mankind are divided by the arbitrary decree of God, and in his eternal foreknowledge, into two classes, the elect and the reprobate..
Enactor :: Enactor (n.) One who enacts a law; one who decrees or establishes as a law.
Senatusconsult :: Senatusconsult (n.) A decree of the Roman senate.
Decrete :: Decrete (n.) A 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..
Interdict :: Interdict (n.) A prohibitory order or decree; a prohibition.
Injunction :: Injunction (n.) That which is enjoined; an order; a mandate; a decree; a command; a precept; a direction.
Beatify :: Beatify (v. t.) To ascertain and declare, by a public process and decree, that a deceased person is one of the blessed and is to be reverenced as such, though not canonized..
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..
Confated :: Confated (p.a.) Fated or decreed with something else.
Law :: Law (n.) Any edict, decree, order, ordinance, statute, resolution, judicial, decision, usage, etc., or recognized, and enforced, by the controlling authority..
Decree :: Decree (n.) A determination or judgment of an umpire on a case submitted to him.
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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