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DECREE (from the past participle, decretus, of See also:Lat. decernere) , in earlier See also:form Decreet, an authoritative decision having the force of See also:law; the See also:judgment of a See also:court of See also:justice. In See also:Roman law, a decree (decretum) was the decision of the See also:emperor, as the supreme judicial officer, settling a See also:case which had been referred to him. In ecclesiastical law the See also:term was given to a decision of an ecclesiastical See also:council settling a doubtful point of See also:doctrine or discipline (cf. also See also:DECRETALS). In See also:English law decree was more particularly the judgment of a court of See also: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 for a See also:dissolution of See also:marriage made by the See also:divorce court, and it is made " See also:absolute " after six months (which See also:period may, however, be shortened) in the See also:absence of sufficient cause shown to the contrary. (See DIVORCE.) Decreet arbitral is a Scottish phrase for the See also:award of an arbitrator.

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