Gratian's decree, or decretum. A collection of ecclesiastical law in three books or parts, made in the year 1151, by Gratian, a Benedictine monk of Bologna, being the oldest as well as the first in order of the collections which together form the body of the Roman canon law. 1 Bl. Comm. 82; 1 Reeve, Eng. Law, 67. … [Read more...] about DECRETUM GRATIANI
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DECREE NISI
A provision decision of a court or tribunal that does not have effect until a condition is met, e.g. another petition brought to the court or after the expiration of a certain period of time. … [Read more...] about DECREE NISI
DECRIMINALIZATION
The process of making a criminal offense no longer a crime, the repeal or amendment of a criminal offense. … [Read more...] about DECRIMINALIZATION
DECREE OF DISTRIBUTION
A judicial decree where the court orders a distribution of the property in the probate estate. … [Read more...] about DECREE OF DISTRIBUTION
DECROWNING
The act of depriving of a crown. … [Read more...] about DECROWNING