What (who) is decree - definition

RULE OF LAW USUALLY ISSUED BY A HEAD OF STATE

Royal decree; Decrees; Imperial Decree; Decree-law; Presidential Decree; Royal Decree; Presidential decree; Royal Cedula; Decreed; Royal Ordinance; Décret

decree

(decrees, decreeing, decreed)

A decree is an official order or decision, especially one made by the ruler of a country.

In July he issued a decree ordering all unofficial armed groups in the country to disband...

= order

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If someone in authority decrees that something must happen, they decide or state this officially.

The UN Security Council has decreed that the election must be held by May...

The king decreed a general amnesty.

= order

VERB: V that, V n

A decree is a judgment made by a law court. (mainly AM)

...court decrees.

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decree

1) to enact; issue a decree

2) to rescind, revoke a decree

3) a consent (legal); divorce; executive; government; royal decree

4) a decree that + clause; subj. (we had to obey the decree that beards be/should be shaved off)

v. (formal) (L; may be subj.) the government decreed that a new tax be/should be imposed; the government decreed that it was illegal to traffic in furs

decree

n. in general, synonymous with judgment. However, in some areas of the law, the term decree is either more common or preferred as in probates of estates, domestic relations (divorce), admiralty law and in equity (court rulings ordering or prohibiting certain acts). Thus, there may be references to a final or interlocutory decree of divorce, final decree of distribution of a dead person's estate, etc. See also: judgment

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Decree

A decree is a legal proclamation, usually issued by a head of state such as the president of a republic, or a monarch (a royal decree), according to certain procedures (usually established in a constitution). It has the force of law. The particular term used for this concept may vary from country to country. The executive orders made by the President of the United States, for example, are decrees (although a decree is not exactly an order).

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decree

Pronunciation examples for decree

1. austerity decrees.

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2. to enact this decree.

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3. revoked the consent decree.

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4. This is the decree,

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5. He made decrees.

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Examples of use of decree

1. The new decree abrogates Article No. 4 and 6 of the decree No. 3 for 1'83.

2. The newly–issued decree will replace Decree No. 64 of 2005.

3. All contracts signed under this decree will remain valid until they are amended or renewed by the new decree.

4. President Vladimir Putin signed the decree Sunday.

5. The decree, comprising 34 articles in 6 chapters, defines the scope of the decree objects subject to the decree, prohibited activities and regulations on investment, declaration, inspection and import–export.