Decree

Noun

 * 1) An edict or law.
 * 2)  The judicial decision in a litigated cause rendered by a court of equity.
 * 3)  The determination of a cause in a court of admiralty, or a court of probate.


 * Note: It is accurate to use the word judgment for a decision of a court of law, and decree from a court of equity, although the former term now includes both.

Verb

 * 1) To command by a decree.

Adjectives for Decree
judgment; repealing; castigatory; omnipotent; law; august; tyrannical; eternal; emergency; royal; unalterable; unfathomable; divine; imperial; established; stern; oppressive; changeless; pitiless; unexecuted; irreversible; obnoxious; generous; paternal; laconic; primeval; absolute; extemporary.

Verbs for Decree
adjust—; affirm—; alter—; annul—; bow to—; break—; carry out—; condemn— confirm—; contest—; declare—; delay— enforce—;  favor—;   issue—;   mold— obey—; oppose—; overleap—; proclaim— promulgate—; repeal—; resist—; reverse —; revoke—; shape—; sign—; submit to—; sustain—; trample upon—; —banishes; —' bans; —conscripts; —disposes of; —prohibits.

Adverbs for Decree
irrevocably; tyrannically; legislatively; formally.

Synonyms for Decree

 * decide, direct, ordain, order, prescribe, command, determine, dictate, sentence, judge
 * judgment, edict, ordinance, law, order

Derived terms

 * consent decree
 * decree nisi
 * final decree
 * Interlocutory decree

Thesaurus
act, act on, action, adjudge, announcement, appointment, authorize, award, behest, bid, bidding, bill, brevet, bull, bylaw, call on, call the signals, call upon, canon, charge, charging, choose, choose to, command, commission, compel, condemn, condemnation, consideration, constitute, constrain, decide, decision, declaration, declare, declare lawful, decree-law, decreement, decretal, decretum, deliverance, demand, desire, determination, determine, diagnosis, dictate, dictation, dictum, diktat, direct, direction, directive, doom, edict, edictum, enact, enact laws, enactment, enjoin, establish, fiat, filibuster, find, find against, find for, finding, force, foredestiny, foregone conclusion, foreknowledge, foreordination, form, formality, formula, formulary, formulate, get the floor, give an order, give the word, have the floor, impose, injunction, institution, instruct, instruction, ipse dixit, issue a command, issue a writ, judgement, jus, kill, law, lay down, legalize, legislate, legislation, legitimate, legitimatize, legitimize, lex, lobby through, logroll, make a regulation, make legal, mandate, manifesto, measure, necessity, oblige, ordain, order, order about, ordinance, ordonnance, pass, pass judgment, pass sentence, pigeonhole, pocket, precedent, precept, predestination, predetermination, preordination, prescience, prescribe, prescript, prescription, proclaim, proclamation, prognosis, promulgate, promulgation, pronounce, pronounce judgment, pronounce on, pronouncement, pronunciamento, put in force, put through, railroad through, regulate, regulation, report, require, rescript, resolution, resolve, return a verdict, roll logs, rubric, rule, ruling, sanction, say the word, see fit, senatus consult, senatus consultum, sentence, set, standing order, statute, table, take the floor, think fit, think good, think proper, ukase, utter a judgment, validate, verdict, veto, will, wish, yield the floor

Noun

 * Arabic: مرسوم
 * Bulgarian: ,
 * Finnish: asetus, julistus, määritys
 * French: ,
 * German: Erlass, Verfügung , Verordnung , Dekret


 * Irish:
 * Italian:
 * Kurdish:
 * Spanish: decreto
 * Swedish: förordning

Verb

 * Finnish: antaa asetus, julistaa, määrätä
 * German: bestimmen, verfügen, verordnen, dekretieren


 * Spanish:
 * Swedish: förordna

Anagrams

 * recede