different between decree vs decretory

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.

Translations

Anagrams

• recede

Middle English

Noun

decree

1. Alternative form of decre

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin d?cr?t?rius (“decisive”), from Latin d?cern? (“decide, determine”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d??k?i?t??i/

Adjective

decretory (comparative more decretory, superlative most decretory)

1. (rare or obsolete) Pertaining to an authoritative decree or final judgement.
   • 1658, Sir Thomas Browne, Urne-Burial (Penguin 2005, p. 50)

     If in the decretory term of the world we shall not all dye but be changed, according to received translation, the last day will make but few graves […]

Related terms

• decree