Definition of decree

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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..

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Affirm :: Affirm (v. t.) to assert or confirm, as a judgment, decree, or order, brought before an appellate court for review..
Execute :: Execute (v. t.) To give effect to; to do what is provided or required by; to perform the requirements or stimulations of; as, to execute a decree, judgment, writ, or process..
Nullity :: Nullity (n.) Nonexistence; as, a decree of nullity of marriage is a decree that no legal marriage exists..
Dit :: Dit (n.) A word; a decree.
Enactor :: Enactor (n.) One who enacts a law; one who decrees or establishes as a law.
Decree :: Decree (n.) A decision, order, or sentence, given in a cause by a court of equity or admiralty..
Decretal :: Decretal (a.) An authoritative order or decree; especially, a letter of the pope, determining some point or question in ecclesiastical law. The decretals form the second part of the canon law..
Fiat :: Fiat (n.) An authoritative command or order to do something; an effectual decree.
Irreversible :: Irreversible (a.) Incapable of being reversed, recalled, repealed, or annulled; as, an irreversible sentence or decree..
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..
Decretal :: Decretal (a.) The collection of ecclesiastical decrees and decisions made, by order of Gregory IX., in 1234, by St. Raymond of Pennafort..
Decree :: Decree (n.) A determination or judgment of an umpire on a case submitted to him.
Appointment :: Appointment (n.) Decree; direction; established order or constitution; as, to submit to the divine appointments..
Confated :: Confated (p.a.) Fated or decreed with something else.
Decreer :: Decreer (n.) One who decrees.
Predestine :: Predestine (v. t.) To decree beforehand; to foreordain; to predestinate.
Predestinate :: Predestinate (v. t.) To predetermine or foreordain; to appoint or ordain beforehand by an unchangeable purpose or decree; to preelect.
Recall :: Recall (v. t.) To revoke; to annul by a subsequent act; to take back; to withdraw; as, to recall words, or a decree..
Fatality :: Fatality (n.) That which is decreed by fate or which is fatal; a fatal event.
Undecreed :: Undecreed (a.) Reversed or nullified by decree, as something previously decreed..
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