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Noun
  1. is a type of: answer, reply, response - a statement (either spoken or written) that is made to reply to a question or request or criticism or accusation
  2. 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: decree, edict, fiat, order
  3. is a type of: revising, rewriting - editing that involves writing something again
    same as: revisal, revise, revision
  4. is a type of: piece of writing, writing, written material - the work of a writer; anything expressed in letters of the alphabet (especially when considered from the point of view of style and effect)
    same as: revision, rewrite

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