- decree, edict, fiat, order, rescript - 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"
--1 is a kind of act, enactment
--1 has particulars:consent decree; curfew; decree nisi; imperial decree; legal separation, judicial separation; programma; prohibition, ban, proscription; stay; bull, papal bull Derived forms: verb decree2, verb decree1
- decree - issue a decree; "The King only can decree"
--1 is one way to declare
Sample sentence:Derived form: noun decree1
Somebody ----s
- rule, decree - decide with authority; "The King decreed that all first-born males should be killed"
--2 is one way to decide, make up one's mind, determine
Sample sentence:Derived form: noun decree1
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE