Definition of decree

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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..

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Interdiction :: Interdiction (n.) The act of interdicting; prohibition; prohibiting decree; curse; interdict.
Sentence :: Sentence (v. t.) To decree or announce as a sentence.
Decreer :: Decreer (n.) One who decrees.
Protestant :: Protestant (v.) One who protests; -- originally applied to those who adhered to Luther, and protested against, or made a solemn declaration of dissent from, a decree of the Emperor Charles V. and the Diet of Spires, in 1529, against the Reformers, and appealed to a general council; -- now used in a popular sense to designate any Christian who does not belong to the Roman Catholic or the Greek Church..
Hatti-sherif :: Hatti-sherif (n.) A irrevocable Turkish decree countersigned by the sultan.
Decreeing :: Decreeing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Decre.
Grace :: Grace (n.) An act, vote, or decree of the government of the institution; a degree or privilege conferred by such vote or decree..
Decree :: Decree (n.) A decision, order, or sentence, given in a cause by a court of equity or admiralty..
Destine :: Destine (v. t.) To determine the future condition or application of; to set apart by design for a future use or purpose; to fix, as by destiny or by an authoritative decree; to doom; to ordain or preordain; to appoint; -- often with the remoter object preceded by to or for..
Areed :: Areed (v. t.) To decree; to adjudge.
Irrevocable :: Irrevocable (a.) Incapable of being recalled or revoked; unchangeable; irreversible; unalterable; as, an irrevocable promise or decree; irrevocable fate..
Enactor :: Enactor (n.) One who enacts a law; one who decrees or establishes as a law.
Foredetermine :: Foredetermine (v. t.) To determine or decree beforehand.
Arrest :: Arrest (v. t.) The taking or apprehending of a person by authority of law; legal restraint; custody. Also, a decree, mandate, or warrant..
Law :: Law (n.) Any edict, decree, order, ordinance, statute, resolution, judicial, decision, usage, etc., or recognized, and enforced, by the controlling authority..
Ordinant :: Ordinant (a.) Ordaining; decreeing.
Will :: Will (n.) To form a distinct volition of; to determine by an act of choice; to ordain; to decree.
Abrogate :: Abrogate (v. t.) To annul by an authoritative act; to abolish by the authority of the maker or his successor; to repeal; -- applied to the repeal of laws, decrees, ordinances, the abolition of customs, etc..
Decreet :: Decreet (n.) The final judgment of the Court of Session, or of an inferior court, by which the question at issue is decided..
Decerniture :: Decerniture (n.) A decree or sentence of a court.
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