decree > define

noun

• A legally binding command or decision entered on the court record (as if issued by a court or judge. )
  • usage: "a friend in New Mexico said that the order caused no trouble out there"
  • synonyms: edict, fiat, order, rescript

verb

• Issue a decree.
  • usage: "The King only can decree"
• Decide with authority.
  • usage: "The King decreed that all firstborn males should be killed"
  • synonyms: rule

• (n.) An edict or law made by a council for regulating any business within their jurisdiction; as, the decrees of ecclesiastical councils.
• (n.) A decision, order or sentence, given in a cause by a court of equity or admiralty.
• (n.) A determination or judgment of an umpire on a case submitted to him.
• (v.t.) To ordain by fate.
• (v.i.) To make decrees; -- used absolutely.
• (n.) An order from one having authority, deciding what is to be done by a subordinate; also, a determination by one having power, deciding what is to be done or to take place; edict, law; authoritative ru// decision.
• (v.t.) To determine judicially by authority or by decree; to constitute by edict; to appoint by decree or law; to determine; to order; to ordain; as, a court decrees a restoration of property.