decree

Noun
  1. A legally binding command or decision entered on the court record (as if issued by a court or judge) (synset 106551761)
    "a friend in New Mexico said that the order caused no trouble out there"
    referred to in: jurisprudence, law - the collection of rules imposed by authority
    is a type of: act, enactment - a legal document codifying the result of deliberations of a committee or society or legislative body
    subtypes:
    • consent decree - an agreement between two parties that is sanctioned by the court; for example, a company might agree to stop certain questionable practices without admitting guilt
    • curfew - an order that after a specific time certain activities (as being outside on the streets) are prohibited
    • decree nisi - a decree issued on a first petition for divorce; becomes absolute at some later date
    • imperial decree - a decree issued by a sovereign ruler
    • judicial separation, legal separation - a judicial decree regulating the rights and responsibilities of a married couple living apart
    • programma - an edict that has been publicly posted
    • ban, prohibition, proscription - a decree that prohibits something
    • stay - a judicial order forbidding some action until an event occurs or the order is lifted
    • bull, papal bull - a formal proclamation issued by the pope (usually written in antiquated characters and sealed with a leaden bulla)
    same as: edict, fiat, order, rescript
Verb
  1. Issue a decree (synset 201029517)
    "The King only can decree"
    is a type of: declare - state emphatically and authoritatively
    subtypes:
  2. Decide with authority (synset 200717773)
    "The King decreed that all firstborn males should be killed"
    is a type of: decide, determine, make up one's mind - reach, make, or come to a decision about something
    subtypes:
    same as: rule

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