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• DECREE (from the past participle, decretus, of Lat. decernere)

DECREE (from the past participle, decretus, of See also:

• LAT

Lat. decernere)  , in earlier See also:

• FORM (Lat. forma)

form Decreet, an authoritative decision having the force of See also:

• LAW
• LAW (0. Eng. lagu, M. Eng. lawe; from an old Teutonic root lag, " lie," what lies fixed or evenly; cf. Lat. lex, Fr. loi)
• LAW, JOHN (1671—1729)
• LAW, WILLIAM (1686-1761)

law; the See also:

• JUDGMENT

judgment of a See also:

• COURT
• COURT (from the O. Fr. court, Late Lat. cortis, curtis, a popular form of class. Lat. cohors, gen. cohortis; the mod. Fr. form tour is due to the influence of the Lat. curia, the word used in medieval documents to translate " court " in the feudal sense)
• COURT, ANTOINE (1696-176o)

court of See also:

• JUSTICE (Lat. justitia)

justice . In See also:

• ROMAN

Roman law, a See also:

• DECREE (from the past participle, decretus, of Lat. decernere)

decree (decretum) was the decision of the See also:

• EMPEROR (Fr. empereur, from the Lat. imperator)

emperor, as the supreme judicial officer, settling a See also:

• CASE
• CASE, JOHN (d. 1600)

case which had been referred to him . In ecclesiastical law the See also:

• TERM

term was given to a decision of an ecclesiastical See also:

• COUNCIL (Lat. concilium, from cum, together, and the root cal, to call)

council settling a doubtful point of See also:

• DOCTRINE

doctrine or discipline (cf. also See also:

• DECRETALS (Epistolae decretales)

DECRETALS) . In See also:

• ENGLISH

English law decree was more particularly the judgment of a court of See also:

• EQUITY (Lat. aequitas)

equity, but since the Judicature Acts the expression " judgment" (q.v.) is employed in reference to the decisions of all the divisions of the supreme court . A " decree nisi" is the conditional See also:

• ORDER
• ORDER (through Fr. ordre, for earlier ordene, from Lat. ordo, ordinis, rank, service, arrangement; the ultimate source is generally taken to be the root seen in Lat. oriri, rise, arise, begin; cf. " origin ")
• ORDER, HOLY

order for a See also:

• DISSOLUTION (from Lat. dissolvere, to break up into parts)

dissolution of See also:

• MARRIAGE

marriage made by the See also:

• DIVORCE

divorce court, and it is made " See also:

• ABSOLUTE (Lat. absolvere, to loose, set free)

absolute " after six months (which See also:

• PERIOD
• PERIOD (Gr. irepioSos, a going or way round, circuit, aepi, round, and &Sis, way, road)

period may, however, be shortened) in the See also:

• ABSENCE (Lat. absentia)

absence of sufficient cause shown to the contrary . (See DIVORCE.) Decreet arbitral is a Scottish phrase for the See also:

• AWARD (from O. Fr. ewart, or esguart, cf. " reward ")

award of an arbitrator .