Definition:
- (n.) An order from one having authority, deciding what is to be done by a subordinate; also, a determination by one having power, deciding what is to be done or to take place; edict, law; authoritative ru// decision.
- (n.) A decision, order, or sentence, given in a cause by a court of equity or admiralty.
- (n.) A determination or judgment of an umpire on a case submitted to him.
- (n.) An edict or law made by a council for regulating any business within their jurisdiction; as, the decrees of ecclesiastical councils.
- (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.
- (v. t.) To ordain by fate.
- (v. i.) To make decrees; -- used absolutely.
Compare decree with other words:
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abatement vs. decree
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decree vs. precept
decree vs. statute
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decree vs. mandate
decree vs. rule
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decree vs. preordinance
decree vs. decretory
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decree vs. reductive
decree vs. enjoin
decree vs. dit
decree vs. recess
decree vs. ukase
decree vs. interlocutor
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decree vs. probate
admiralty vs. decree
decree vs. determination
decree vs. litigated
decree vs. rendered
decision vs. decree
decree vs. judicial
decree vs. law
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decree vs. ordain
canonization vs. decree
command vs. decree
appoint vs. decree
decree vs. fiat
canon vs. decree
decree vs. sentence
decree vs. deem