decree

Nouns

  • (n) 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
    fiat, edict, rescript, order,

Verbs

  • (v) issue a decree
    • The King only can decree
  • (v) decide with authority
    • The King decreed that all firstborn males should be killed
    rule,

Synonyms

fiat edict rescript order rule

See also

close out rule out preclude

Words of close approximity

decry
decreed decree nisi