Definition of decree

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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..

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Annul :: Annul (a.) To make void or of no effect; to nullify; to abolish; to do away with; -- used appropriately of laws, decrees, edicts, decisions of courts, or other established rules, permanent usages, and the like, which are made void by component authority..
Enjoin :: Enjoin (v. t.) To prohibit or restrain by a judicial order or decree; to put an injunction on.
Fiat :: Fiat (n.) An authoritative command or order to do something; an effectual decree.
Divorce :: Divorce (n.) The decree or writing by which marriage is dissolved.
Decree :: 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..
Foredoom :: Foredoom (n.) Doom or sentence decreed in advance.
Affirm :: Affirm (v. t.) to assert or confirm, as a judgment, decree, or order, brought before an appellate court for review..
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..
Recess :: Recess (n.) A decree of the imperial diet of the old German empire.
Fatality :: Fatality (n.) That which is decreed by fate or which is fatal; a fatal event.
Preordinance :: Preordinance (n.) Antecedent decree or determination.
Predetermine :: Predetermine (v. t.) To doom by previous decree; to foredoom.
Decretory :: Decretory (a.) Established by a decree; definitive; settled.
Fiaunt :: Fiaunt (n.) Commission; fiat; order; decree.
Sequester :: Sequester (v. t.) To separate from the owner for a time; to take from parties in controversy and put into the possession of an indifferent person; to seize or take possession of, as property belonging to another, and hold it till the profits have paid the demand for which it is taken, or till the owner has performed the decree of court, or clears himself of contempt; in international law, to confiscate..
Predestine :: Predestine (v. t.) To decree beforehand; to foreordain; to predestinate.
Reverse :: Reverse (a.) To overthrow by a contrary decision; to make void; to under or annual for error; as, to reverse a judgment, sentence, or decree..
Decern :: Decern (v. t.) To decree; to adjudge.
Pnyx :: Pnyx (n.) The place at Athens where the meetings of the people were held for making decrees, etc..
Decreer :: Decreer (n.) One who decrees.
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