| Definitions of 'Decree' |
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1. (verb) decree, edict, fiat, order, rescript
a legally binding command or decision entered on the court record (as if issued by a court or judge)
"a friend in New Mexico said that the order caused no trouble out there"
2. (verb) decree
issue a decree
"The King only can decree"
3. (verb) rule, decree
decide with authority
"The King decreed that all firstborn males should be killed"
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| Definitions of 'Decree' |
Webster 1913 Dictionary |
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1. (noun) Decree
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
2. (noun) Decree
a decision, order, or sentence, given in a cause by a court of equity or admiralty
3. (noun) Decree
a determination or judgment of an umpire on a case submitted to him
4. (noun) Decree
an edict or law made by a council for regulating any business within their jurisdiction; as, the decrees of ecclesiastical councils
5. (verb) Decree
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
6. (verb) Decree
to ordain by fate
7. (verb) Decree
to make decrees; -- used absolutely
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