decreet

noun

Scots law the final judgment or sentence of a court

Word Origin

C14: decret, from Old French, from Latin dēcrētum decree

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Examples from the Web for decreet

Historical Examples

But it went, he said, just like a decreet in absence, and was lost for want of a contradictor.
Red Gauntlet
Sir Walter Scott
Decreet arbitral is a Scottish phrase for the award of an arbitrator.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 10
Various
The grounds of reduction of a decreet arbitral are “corruption,” “bribery,” “false hold” (Scots Act of Regulations 1695, s. 25).
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 4
Various
This precedence had been assigned to it by the Decreet of Ranking , and assigns to it an origin in 1404 (or, as some say, 1395).
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 17, Slice 6
Various

decreet

Word Origin

Examples from the Web for decreet

Historical Examples

But it went, he said, just like a decreet in absence, and was lost for want of a contradictor.

Decreet arbitral is a Scottish phrase for the award of an arbitrator.

The grounds of reduction of a decreet arbitral are “corruption,” “bribery,” “false hold” (Scots Act of Regulations 1695, s. 25).

This precedence had been assigned to it by the Decreet of Ranking , and assigns to it an origin in 1404 (or, as some say, 1395).