Associations to the word «Decree»
Noun
- Edict
- Synod
- Expulsion
- Ordinance
- Athenian
- Pius
- Abolition
- Trent
- Pope
- Amnesty
- Fate
- Inquisition
- Vatican
- Junta
- Peso
- Clergy
- Consul
- Conformity
- Consent
- Conscription
- Almighty
- Accordance
- Chancery
- Tsar
- Justinian
- Canon
- Proclamation
- Boniface
- Heretic
- Legate
- Senate
- Charlemagne
- Tribunal
- Cleric
- Sanction
- Rabbinic
- Divorce
- Xvi
- Lenin
- Reich
- Cato
- Emperor
- Pharaoh
- Jews
- Heresy
- Pompey
- Hitler
- Congregation
- Monarch
- Constitution
- Majesty
- Dissolution
- Xiii
- Council
- Schism
- Deputy
- Prohibition
- Liturgy
- Dowager
- Exchequer
- Execution
- Emancipation
- Imperial
- Provisional
- Napoleon
- Auditor
Adjective
Wiktionary
DECREE, noun. An edict or law.
DECREE, noun. (legal) The judicial decision in a litigated cause rendered by a court of equity.
DECREE, noun. (legal) The determination of a cause in a court of admiralty or court of probate.
DECREE, verb. To command by a decree.
DECREE ABSOLUTE, noun. (legal) the official decree marking the legal end of a marriage, allowing the two people to remarry; it follows the decree nisi after six weeks (in Britain)
DECREE ARBITRAL, noun. (Scotland) (legal) An award made by an arbiter
DECREE NISI, noun. (legal) a decree issued on a first petition for divorce; it becomes absolute at some later date unless cause is shown why it should not
Dictionary definition
DECREE, noun. 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".
DECREE, verb. Issue a decree; "The King only can decree".
DECREE, verb. Decide with authority; "The King decreed that all firstborn males should be killed".
Wise words
Four things come not back. The spoken word, the sped arrow,
the past life, ad the neglected opportunity.