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Enact :: Enact (v. t.) To decree; to establish by legal and authoritative act; to make into a law; especially, to perform the legislative act with reference to (a bill) which gives it the validity of law..

Determine :: Determine (v. t.) To bring to a conclusion, as a question or controversy; to settle authoritative or judicial sentence; to decide; as, the court has determined the cause..

Magistral :: Magistral (a.) Pertaining to a master; magisterial; authoritative; dogmatic.

Requirement :: Requirement (n.) That which is required; an imperative or authoritative command; an essential condition; something needed or necessary; a need.

Prescribe :: Prescribe (v. t.) To lay down authoritatively as a guide, direction, or rule of action; to impose as a peremptory order; to dictate; to appoint; to direct..

Allocution :: Allocution (n.) An address; a hortatory or authoritative address as of a pope to his clergy.

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..

Decretorial :: Decretorial (a.) Decretory; authoritative.

Inauthoritative :: Inauthoritative (a.) Without authority; not authoritative.

Cite :: Cite (v. t.) To call upon officially or authoritatively to appear, as before a court; to summon..

Veto :: Veto (n.) An authoritative prohibition or negative; a forbidding; an interdiction.

Precedent :: Precedent (n.) Something done or said that may serve as an example to authorize a subsequent act of the same kind; an authoritative example.

Demand :: Demand (v. t.) To inquire authoritatively or earnestly; to ask, esp. in a peremptory manner; to question..

Magisteriality :: Magisteriality (n.) Magisterialness; authoritativeness.

Dogmatical :: Dogmatical (a.) Asserting a thing positively and authoritatively; positive; magisterial; hence, arrogantly authoritative; overbearing..

Authoritative :: Authoritative (a.) Having, or proceeding from, due authority; entitled to obedience, credit, or acceptance; determinate; commanding..

Admonition :: Admonition (n.) Gentle or friendly reproof; counseling against a fault or error; expression of authoritative advice; friendly caution or warning.

Decree :: Decree (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..

Magisterial :: Magisterial (a.) Of or pertaining to a master or magistrate, or one in authority; having the manner of a magister; official; commanding; authoritative. Hence: Overbearing; dictatorial; dogmatic..

Imperatorial :: Imperatorial (a.) Commanding; imperative; authoritative.

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