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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..

Absolutism :: Absolutism (n.) Doctrine of absolute decrees.

Arret :: Arret (n.) A judgment, decision, or decree of a court or high tribunal; also, a decree of a sovereign..

Decretive :: Decretive (n.) Having the force of a decree; determining.

Hatti-sherif :: Hatti-sherif (n.) A irrevocable Turkish decree countersigned by the sultan.

Interdict :: Interdict (n.) A prohibitory order or decree; a prohibition.

Decreeable :: Decreeable (a.) Capable of being decreed.

Foredoom :: Foredoom (n.) Doom or sentence decreed in advance.

Unrighteous :: Unrighteous (a.) Contrary to law and equity; unjust; as, an unrighteous decree or sentence..

Doom :: Doom (v. t.) To pronounce sentence or judgment on; to condemn; to consign by a decree or sentence; to sentence; as, a criminal doomed to chains or death..

Pragmatic :: Pragmatic (n.) A solemn public ordinance or decree.

Placit :: Placit (n.) A decree or determination; a dictum.

Divorce :: Divorce (n.) The decree or writing by which marriage is dissolved.

Decrete :: Decrete (n.) A decree.

Nullity :: Nullity (n.) Nonexistence; as, a decree of nullity of marriage is a decree that no legal marriage exists..

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..

Decreer :: Decreer (n.) One who decrees.

Decretory :: Decretory (a.) Established by a decree; definitive; settled.

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..

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..

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