decree
English
Etymology
From Middle English decre, decree, from Old French decré (French décret), from Latin dēcrētum.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /dɪˈkɹiː/
Noun
decree (plural decrees)
- An edict or law.
- Bible, Luke ii. 1
- There went out a decree from Caesar Augustus that all the world should be taxed.
- Shakespeare
- Poor hand, why quiverest thou at this decree?
- Bible, Luke ii. 1
- (law) The judicial decision in a litigated cause rendered by a court of equity.
- (law) The determination of a cause in a court of admiralty or court of probate.
Derived terms
- consent decree
- decree nisi
- final decree
- interlocutory decree
Translations
edict or law
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judicial decision
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Verb
decree (third-person singular simple present decrees, present participle decreeing, simple past and past participle decreed)
- To command by a decree.
- A court decrees a restoration of property.
- Bible, Job xxii. 28
- Thou shalt also decree a thing, and it shall be established unto thee.
Translations
to command by a decree
Middle English
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