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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Will :: Will (n.) To form a distinct volition of; to determine by an act of choice; to ordain; to decree.
Decreed :: Decreed (imp. & p. p.) of Decre.
Doom :: Doom (v. t.) To destine; to fix irrevocably the destiny or fate of; to appoint, as by decree or by fate..
Decerniture :: Decerniture (n.) A decree or sentence of a court.
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..
Senatusconsult :: Senatusconsult (n.) A decree of the Roman senate.
Decretive :: Decretive (n.) Having the force of a decree; determining.
Arrest :: Arrest (v. t.) The taking or apprehending of a person by authority of law; legal restraint; custody. Also, a decree, mandate, or warrant..
Decree :: Decree (n.) A decision, order, or sentence, given in a cause by a court of equity or admiralty..
Decree :: Decree (v. i.) To make decrees; -- used absolutely.
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..
Decern :: Decern (v. t.) To decree; to adjudge.
Divorce :: Divorce (n.) The decree or writing by which marriage is dissolved.
Decree :: Decree (n.) An edict or law made by a council for regulating any business within their jurisdiction; as, the decrees of ecclesiastical councils..
Injunction :: Injunction (n.) That which is enjoined; an order; a mandate; a decree; a command; a precept; a direction.
Areed :: Areed (v. t.) To decree; to adjudge.
Decretal :: Decretal (a.) The collection of ecclesiastical decrees and decisions made, by order of Gregory IX., in 1234, by St. Raymond of Pennafort..
Stern :: Stern (superl.) Having a certain hardness or severity of nature, manner, or aspect; hard; severe; rigid; rigorous; austere; fixed; unchanging; unrelenting; hence, serious; resolute; harsh; as, a sternresolve; a stern necessity; a stern heart; a stern gaze; a stern decree..
Decretory :: Decretory (a.) Established by a decree; definitive; settled.
Pronounce :: Pronounce (v. t.) To utter officially or solemnly; to deliver, as a decree or sentence; as, to pronounce sentence of death..
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