different between decree vs capitulary

English

Etymology

From Middle English decre, decree, from Old French decré (French décret), from Latin d?cr?tum.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /d??k?i?/

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 court of probate.
4. (religion) A predetermination made by God; an act of providence.

Derived terms

• consent decree
• decree nisi
• final decree
• interlocutory decree

Translations

Verb

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

1. To command by a decree.

   A court decrees a restoration of property.

   • Thou shalt also decree a thing, and it shall be established unto thee.

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Anagrams

• recede

Middle English

Noun

decree

1. Alternative form of decre

English

Noun

capitulary (plural capitularies)

1. A member of an ecclesiastical chapter
2. A set of decrees, especially those made by the Frankish kings

Adjective

capitulary (comparative more capitulary, superlative most capitulary)

1. Of or related to a chapter, in its various senses.
2. Of or related to the Capitoulate of Toulouse.
   • 1989, Robert Alan Schneider, "Crown and Capitoulat" in Cities and Social Change in Early Modern France, p. 198:

     In mid-sixteenth century, the Conseil Général assembled almost eighty men and was, in fact, a remnant of the general assemblies held during the period of the medieval commune; but its functions were mostly limited to a ceremonial hearing of the municipal deliberations and the supervision of the capitulary election.

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