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decree

(d/I/'kr/i/ )

a legally binding command or decision entered on the court record (as if issued by a court or judge)(noun.communication)

Synonym:
edict, fiat, order, rescript

source: wordnet30
An order from one having authority, deciding what is to be done by a subordinate; also, a determination by one having power, deciding what is to be done or to take place; edict, law; authoritative ru&?;&?; decision.(noun)

source: webster1913

issue a decree(verb.communication)

Example:
The King only can decree.

source: wordnet30
decide with authority(verb.cognition)

Example:
The King decreed that all firstborn males should be killed.

Synonym:
rule

source: wordnet30
To determine judicially by authority, or by decree; to constitute by edict; to appoint by decree or law; to determine; to order; to ordain; as, a court decrees a restoration of property.(verb)

source: webster1913
To make decrees; - - used absolutely.(verb)

source: webster1913

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