Definition of decree

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Decree (n.) A decision, order, or sentence, given in a cause by a court of equity or admiralty..

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Attentat :: Attentat (n.) A proceeding in a court of judicature, after an inhibition is decreed..
Arrest :: Arrest (v. t.) The taking or apprehending of a person by authority of law; legal restraint; custody. Also, a decree, mandate, or warrant..
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..
Decreed :: Decreed (imp. & p. p.) of Decre.
Fated :: Fated (p. p. & a.) Decreed by fate; destined; doomed; as, he was fated to rule a factious people..
Nullity :: Nullity (n.) Nonexistence; as, a decree of nullity of marriage is a decree that no legal marriage exists..
Fiaunt :: Fiaunt (n.) Commission; fiat; order; decree.
Interdiction :: Interdiction (n.) The act of interdicting; prohibition; prohibiting decree; curse; interdict.
Decreet :: Decreet (n.) The final judgment of the Court of Session, or of an inferior court, by which the question at issue is decided..
Irreversible :: Irreversible (a.) Incapable of being reversed, recalled, repealed, or annulled; as, an irreversible sentence or decree..
Fatality :: Fatality (n.) That which is decreed by fate or which is fatal; a fatal event.
Injunction :: Injunction (n.) That which is enjoined; an order; a mandate; a decree; a command; a precept; a direction.
Orthodox :: Orthodox (a.) According or congruous with the doctrines of Scripture, the creed of a church, the decree of a council, or the like; as, an orthodox opinion, book, etc..
Preordinance :: Preordinance (n.) Antecedent decree or determination.
Pragmatic :: Pragmatic (n.) A solemn public ordinance or decree.
Predestine :: Predestine (v. t.) To decree beforehand; to foreordain; to predestinate.
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..
Decretal :: Decretal (a.) Appertaining to a decree; containing a decree; as, a decretal epistle..
Decretory :: Decretory (a.) Established by a decree; definitive; settled.
Decree :: Decree (v. t.) To ordain by fate.
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