decree

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /dɪˈkɹiː/

Noun

decree (plural decrees)

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

Usage notes

• 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.

Derived terms

• consent decree
• decree nisi
• final decree
• Interlocutory decree

Translations

edict or law

• Finnish: asetus (fi), määräys (fi), säädös (fi), päätös (fi), julistus (fi)
• Irish: acht (ga) m

• Polish: dekret m
• Spanish: decreto (es) m
• Swedish: dekret (sv) n, förordning (sv) c

judicial decision

• Finnish: päätös (fi), määräys (fi)

• Hungarian: elrendel (hu)
• Spanish: decreto (es) m, ordenanza (es) f

determination of a cause

• Finnish: päätös (fi), määräys (fi)

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Translations to be checked

• Arabic: مرسوم (ar) (marsuum)
• Bulgarian: декрет (bg) (dekret) m, указ (bg) (ukaz) m
• French: décret (fr) m, ordonnance (fr) f
• German: Erlass m, Verfügung f, Verordnung f, Dekret n

• Italian: decreto (it) m
• Kurdish: فه‌رمان
• Swedish: förordning (sv)

Verb

decree (third-person singular simple present decrees, present participle decreeing, simple past and past participle decreed)

1. To command by a decree.

Translations

to command by a decree

• Finnish: antaa asetus, julistaa, määrätä
• German: bestimmen, verfügen, verordnen, dekretieren
• Irish: foraithin (ga), reachtaigh (ga)

• Latin: scisco (la)
• Spanish: decretar (es)
• Swedish: förordna (sv), dekretera (sv)

Anagrams

• recede