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practice. The judgment or sentence of a court of equity. 2. It is either interlocutory or final. The former is given on some plea or issue arising in the cause, which does not decide the main question; the latter settles the matter in dispute, and a final decree has the same effect as a judgment at law. In practice. The judgment of a court of equity or admiralty, answering to … [Read more...] about DECREE

In Spanish colonial law. An order emanating from some superior tribunal, promulgated in the name and by the authority of the sovereign, in relation to ecclesiastical matters. Schm. Civil Law, 93, note. … [Read more...] about DECRETO

A final decision and order of a court after the condition of an interim order is met (or that of a Decree Nisi.) … [Read more...] about DECREE ABSOLUTE

In the civil law. A species of imperial constitution, being a judgment or sentence given by the emperor upon hearing of a cause, (quod imperator coonoscens decrevit.) Inst. 1, 2, 6. In canon law. An ecclesiastical law, in contradistinction to a secular law, (lex.) 1 Mackeld. Civil Law, p. 81, … [Read more...] about DECRETUM

Scotch law. A decree made by arbitrators chosen by the parties; an award. 1 Bell's Com. 643. … [Read more...] about DECREE ARBITRAL