Associations to the word «Decree»
Noun
- Citizenship
- Vichy
- Ley
- Eucharist
- Benedict
- Prefect
- Penance
- Dogma
- Censorship
- Penalty
- Deportation
- Sacrament
- Thanksgiving
- Crimea
- Cicero
- Approbation
- Lent
- Laws
- Observance
- Wherefore
- Jurisdiction
- Pretext
- Empress
- Nobility
- Obedience
- Dictatorship
- Magistrate
- Eternity
- Deposition
- Catechism
- Levy
- Directive
- Bolshevik
- Disobedience
- Precedence
- Sovereign
- Legion
- Nara
- Tablet
- Declaration
- Wording
- Judiciary
- Lucius
- Virtue
- Ukraine
- Etiquette
- Thebes
- Dictator
- Providence
- Poseidon
- Basilica
- Meiji
- Transylvania
- Tithe
- Ministry
- Nr
- Emir
- Compliance
- Catalonia
- Gaul
- Constantine
Adjective
Verb
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
When you have spoken the word, it reigns over you. When it
is unspoken you reign over it.