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Defenition of the word decree

    • Defenition of the word decree

      • A declaration of the court announcing the legal consequences of the facts found.
      • Administrative, legislative or juridical act being issued by a executive organ being made of general or specific juridical prescriptions.
      • To decide with authority.
      • To issue a decree.
      • High level administrative act usually issued by the head of State or, in some countries, the chief of the government.
      • issue or demand by decree
      • 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"
      • decide with authority
      • decide with authority; "The King decreed that all first-born males should be killed"
      • issue a decree; "The King only can decree"
      • a legally binding command or decision entered on the court record (as if issued by a court or judge)
      • issue a decree

    Synonyms for the word decree

      • announce
      • announcement
      • command
      • declaration
      • declare
      • deliver a verdict
      • dictate
      • diktat
      • direct
      • edict
      • fiat
      • judgment
      • law
      • lay down the law
      • order
      • pronounce
      • pronouncement
      • rescript
      • rule
      • ruling
      • verdict

    Similar words in the decree

      • close out
      • decree
      • decree's
      • decreed
      • decreeing
      • decrees
      • preclude
      • rule out

    Hyponyms for the word decree

      • ban
      • bull
      • consent decree
      • curfew
      • decree nisi
      • enact
      • imperial decree
      • judicial separation
      • legal separation
      • ordain
      • override
      • overrule
      • overthrow
      • overturn
      • papal bull
      • programma
      • prohibition
      • proscription
      • reverse
      • rule in
      • rule out
      • stay

    Hypernyms for the word decree

      • act
      • decide
      • declare
      • determine
      • enactment
      • make up one's mind

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