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Saw :: Saw (v. t.) Dictate; command; decree.

Ordinance :: Ordinance (n.) A rule established by authority; a permanent rule of action; a statute, law, regulation, rescript, or accepted usage; an edict or decree; esp., a local law enacted by a municipal government; as, a municipal ordinance..

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

Recall :: Recall (v. t.) To revoke; to annul by a subsequent act; to take back; to withdraw; as, to recall words, or a decree..

Decern :: Decern (v. t.) To decree; to adjudge.

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..

Heterodox :: Heterodox (a.) Contrary to, or differing from, some acknowledged standard, as the Bible, the creed of a church, the decree of a council, and the like; not orthodox; heretical; -- said of opinions, doctrines, books, etc., esp. upon theological subjects..

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

Sentence :: Sentence (v. t.) To decree or announce as a sentence.

Fiat :: Fiat (n.) An authoritative command or order to do something; an effectual decree.

Undecreed :: Undecreed (a.) Not decreed.

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

Decree :: Decree (n.) A determination or judgment of an umpire on a case submitted to him.

Ordinant :: Ordinant (a.) Ordaining; decreeing.

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..

Appointment :: Appointment (n.) Decree; direction; established order or constitution; as, to submit to the divine appointments..

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..

Referendary :: Referendary (n.) Formerly, an officer of state charged with the duty of procuring and dispatching diplomas and decrees..

Undecreed :: Undecreed (a.) Reversed or nullified by decree, as something previously decreed..

Stern :: Stern (superl.) Having a certain hardness or severity of nature, manner, or aspect; hard; severe; rigid; rigorous; austere; fixed; unchanging; unrelenting; hence, serious; resolute; harsh; as, a sternresolve; a stern necessity; a stern heart; a stern gaze; a stern decree..

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